The county commission will talk about it during Monday's work session.
“There's a couple
reasons we looked into doing this,” said Richard Julian, the
county's human resources manager and a retired Air Force colonel.
“One, the unemployment (rate) for veterans coming back is
tremendously high and we're trying to help them, and, or course, the
mayor fully supports active duty veterans. They're highly trained,
dependable and self-starters. You can't hardly go wrong with hiring
veterans.”
Julian stressed that
applicants must meet the minimum requirements for a job before they
are guaranteed an interview.
“If all else is equal,
then we'll hire them,” he said.
The state and the city also give preference to vets.
In the 21st century, one cannot do preferential hiring. This is a bad move by the administration, and I can't help but thing that if Dr. Fogerson were still around, we wouldn't be dealing with this.
ReplyDeleteI like military veterans too, but I like them primarily because they're the type that will go off to war to defend our freedom... and our EQUALITY. -bp