Obama Wins...

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:05 am Post subject:

This is what we are in for. This is a story reported by the new in Indiana by WTHR 13. Well my response is you people asked for it and..... duh you got it. A day after the election people that voted him as president are having problems. Some of us tried to tell you but noooo. Even if you say it was bad bookkeeping. You want the same people running a country for heavens sake the are having a hard time keeping the books on a campaign, what are they gonna do with a country. It's not like they don't have the money. And one of the people said she was happy for the President but upset at the system. It's HIS freakin system. Hold on to your seat folks its downhill and faster from here. Ok i'll get of my soapbox thanks for letting me vent. And before you aske no I am not one of the campaign workers.... Mr. I mean President elect Obama wouldn't like my opinons.

Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages

Posted: Nov 5, 2008 03:38 PM EST

Updated: Nov 6, 2008 10:26 AM EST

Former Obama workers claim they were short-changed

Jeremy Brilliant/Eyewitness News

Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd.

The line was long and the crowd was angry at times.

"I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker.

A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card.

The workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at 10:00 am.

"There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20 pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former campaign worker.

The large gathering of around 375 people prompted police to call in extra officers and set up temporary barricades. The barricades helped keep the crowd from spilling out onto Meridian Street. Police say the several hundred people in line were for the most part orderly.

"No arrests. Some of the people were upset at first because the line wasn't moving as fast as they thought it should. But we really haven't had any problems," said Major Darryl Pierce, Metro Police.

Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail.

"Still that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign worker.

"It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa.

"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.

"I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.

Some people weren't satisfied with filling out a claim form for money they felt was still due to them.

"They say that they gonna call you or they going to mail it to you, but I don't know. We'll see what happens," said Antron Grose.

"Talking about they'll mail it to us. I ain't worried about that, man. They're not going to mail nothin'," said Martin[/b]

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:49 am Post subject:

Rome:600 yrs
America:250
Thanks Demos.....
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

Did someone say free beer??? Shocked

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