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...Ph.D. level." In fact, the program he cites is designed to train specialists in so-called shortage occupations. About 100 workers have participated since the scheme began in 1990. He also contends that federal employees ride free on Washington's subway while everyone else pays. Actually, the Metro system has deals with some public and private employers to subsidize workers' use of rapid transit. A majority of the roughly 50,000 riders who participate work in private enterprise...
...typical public defender is underpaid and overwhelmed. When Jacquelyn Robins was appointed New Mexico's state public defender in 1985, there were six lawyers in Albuquerque's Metro court to handle the annual load of 13,000 misdemeanor cases. Three years later Robins persuaded state legislators to put up funds for three more lawyers. Even then, lawyers could manage only cursory conferences with clients just 30 minutes before their court appearance. In 1991 Robins again went begging for dollars. When she was accused of having a "management problem," she quit. The move caused such a furor that the Governor promised...
Police have increased patrols and pay special attention to convenience stores and gas stations, but recent court rulings prevent Metro-Dade police from rousting the homeless from their makeshift camps. Until construction workers finish rebuilding South Dade, a process that could take years, police are resigned to battling wave after wave of troublemakers. "We're just waiting now for the plasterers from hell and the electricians from hell," says Cory Bryan, a detective in the Keys. "With our nice climate, they may never leave...
...early morning metro headed toward the festivities, one lanky young man yelled out, "I'm a D.C. native. Anyone else on this train from around here...
This was the classic case of the Mack truck against the Geo Metro--just because there's a will doesn't mean there...