Hi Bob.

I'm a municipal employee myself. It's more a legal and liability
issue for them. Just one example: Your going to be working around
kids. They have to exercise "due diligents" when it comes to
performing a background check on you. i.e. They have a
responsibility to protect the child attending one of their programs.
If they hire you, and fail to exercise diligents, and perform some
degree of background check, and you turn out to be a nasty person,
they can be held responsible for your actions. Although it may
be intrusive, that's just a fact of life now a days, when you work
with kids.


Pat




On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:22:41 GMT, "Bob Schmall"
wrote:

Scary, you bet. And relevant. I signed on to teach a course in astronomy
through my town's recreation department. Before they'll approve the course I
am required to sign an authorization that allows them to query the Selective
Service, ANY law enforcement agency or jail officer, ANY place of business,
ANY court, ANY school or other educational institution.
And to top it off, they want me to sign away ANY rights I may have to
liability or damages of ANY kind.
After checking with the ACLU and my state government, I'm about to tell them
some very specific place where they can store their form. It may be legal,
but it ain't right.

Bob


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