Tag Archives: Civil Service

The Verdict

Posted on January 26, 2013 by annecwoodlen

Onondaga County Deputy Comptroller Richard Sheeran was indicted on 134 charges of violating Civil Service and Election Laws pertaining to making his employees contribute to the Republican Party.  When the trial verdict was announced, he was acquitted of all the felonies and convicted of … Continue reading →

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The Conspiracy

Posted on January 7, 2013 by annecwoodlen

According to news reporters and the Special Prosecutor’s Office, around 1970 the officials of the Onondaga County Republican Committee entered into a conspiracy with the bureaucrats of the Onondaga County government whereby department heads were to produce contributions to the … Continue reading →

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Working for Onondaga County

Posted on December 30, 2012 by annecwoodlen

Civil Service regulations required that the department head hire one of the top three people “reachable” on the list.  Since the list didn’t come out until about six months after the first applications went in, many people had voluntarily taken … Continue reading →

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The Shakedown (Part I)

Posted on December 29, 2012 by annecwoodlen

I was twenty-seven years old in 1974 when my fiancé, a Marine Corps fighter pilot, died when his plane crashed.  Absent a future with Bob, I thought that I should do something serious and responsible about my circumstances, so I took … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Love America

Posted on July 7, 2011 by annecwoodlen

(Continued from 7/6/11) Throughout all this, I took antidepressants every day for twenty-six years.  In 2001, I stopped and began to get my brain back but it was too late for my body to recover:  the side effects of medications … Continue reading →

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Who’s On Welfare? They’re working on it . . .

Posted on April 13, 2011 by annecwoodlen

So I was trying to get information from the Dept. of Social Services about the population that receives Welfare or Medicaid.  This search for information had taken me to the Dooher family, who work for the county, which had led … Continue reading →

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Welfare Information: Dooher Die

Posted on April 12, 2011 by annecwoodlen

On March 30, we considered the subject of “Who’s On Welfare and What’s On Second?”  In search of information, I had called—well, I called a whole lot of people in county government and kept getting passed around.  Finally somebody in the … Continue reading →

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VESID, CPEP/CPAP, Medicaid & Malpractice: Answers to More Questions

Posted on February 21, 2011 by annecwoodlen

VESID—a drug; I don’t like VESID; Complaints and VESID; is celiac covered under NYS VESID Act? VESID is neither a drug nor an act.  It is New York State’s Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. (They couldn’t think … Continue reading →

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Onondaga County Kontroler’s Office

Posted on February 19, 2011 by annecwoodlen

In the year 6, Chinese candidates for political office had to take civil service examinations.  Currently, levels 10-15 are clerks; level 1 is premier.  The theory behind civil service is, first, that it will protect government employees from being fired every … Continue reading →

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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VII)

Posted on February 16, 2011 by annecwoodlen

The government is supposed to do only what cannot be done by the people individually, e.g., fight foreign wars, maintain the Thruway, and support a nursing home for the indigent.  Otherwise, the government is supposed to leave the people alone.  It is … Continue reading →

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