Abilene TX: man killed in conflict over trash

[Kingarthur777]

One already bred. The other probably wouldn't ever have.

A 2fer.

 

[Kingarthur777]

The son with the scatter gun, worked at the city of abilene zoning /engineeing dept
He helped people get building permits
They already fired his ass.
I guess they figured he was guilty too...
No sense in waiting on a trial..right?

That happens to city, state, and federal employees all the time. Guilty until proven otherwise.

 

[jordanmills]

The son with the scatter gun, worked at the city of abilene zoning /engineeing dept
He helped people get building permits
They already fired his ass.
I guess they figured he was guilty too...
No sense in waiting on a trial..right?

I wonder if he has grounds to sue them over it...

 

[Kingarthur777]

I wonder if he has grounds to sue them over it...

Oh, about as much as the guy in California who on his off time preached that homosexuality was a sin. His employers got wind of his free time religious believes and canned him.

 

[jordanmills]

Oh, about as much as the guy in California who on his off time preached that homosexuality was a sin. His employers got wind of his free time religious believes and canned him.

It's potentially a little different since it's a government entity.

 

[Kingarthur777]

It's potentially a little different since it's a government entity.

The First Amendment doesn't die because you are employed by a government for a job. Your religion and your job are two different things. Now, if you went around leaving Jehova's Witness tracts all over the work place, (and I know a guy who did), that is a completely different kettle of fish.

 

[Kar98]

LOL, last place I worked where the general public was in the hiring pool, there was a strict policy of no soliciting co-workers for anything; selling fundraising items was an explicit inclusion!

 

[jordanmills]

LOL, last place I worked where the general public was in the hiring pool, there was a strict policy of no soliciting co-workers for anything; selling fundraising items was an explicit inclusion!

I'd like that at my workspaces.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I'd like that at my workspaces.

We’ve got that rule in place. F100 Company.

 

[Kar98]

Didn't stop certain people from pinning a $5 bill to themselves and proclaiming "it's my birthday, go head and add some more money to it, tee-hee". They did NOT like me. Ghetto trash.

 

[jordanmills]

Nothing new from the Abilene police, press, or anyone else I can find on this.

 

[SQLGeek]

Didn't stop certain people from pinning a $5 bill to themselves and proclaiming "it's my birthday, go head and add some more money to it, tee-hee". They did NOT like me. Ghetto trash.

I didn't even know this was a thing. Wow.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I didn't even know this was a thing. Wow.

More of a Hispanic thing.

 

[Kar98]

More of a Hispanic thing.

More of a black people originally from New Orleans thing that spread out after Katrina.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

More of a black people originally from New Orleans thing that spread out after Katrina.

I'm relatively certain that it's been done by some Hispanics for years.

 

[benenglish]

I'm relatively certain that it's been done by some Hispanics for years.

I photographed plenty of "dollar dances" at traditional Mexican Catholic weddings back in the 1970s. I listened to enough old folks at those weddings tell me how when they got married in the 1930s or 40s or 50s, the dollar dance raised enough money for them to buy a refrigerator or some other major purchase.

I'm gonna have to side with Cam on this one.

Side note - I loved those weddings. They were a spectacle. If I had declined to go to college and stayed with that business, I don't think I would have been unhappy. The closest photographer besides me at the time refused to do Mexican weddings so I had that market sewn up. It could have been a pretty nice living.

And a PS - As far as what Kar98 points out, I've never seen the whole "pin money on me" thing done for birthdays. I've only seen it at weddings. Maybe the birthday thing is a New Orleans variant.

 

[Kar98]

Ah, that could be it. Mexicans do it for weddings, New Orleans for birthdays. If you google "New Orleans birthday tradition", it comes up for the first entire page of results, as well as on the "pictures" tab, without even having to specify further.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I have seen it done by individuals on their birthdays.
The last time I encountered it, they did it while they were working.

ETA: She was not from New Orleans.

 

[sharkey]

Ok, you'll are both right. Now take your white privilege elsewhere mahn.

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[Sock Puppet]

I tried it the other day. Pinned a dollar to my shirt and started to be annoying. Told people to add to it an I'd stop being annoying and leave early. Someone stole my dollar...and I had to work late... :-(