New York Proposition 1 : disabled veterans and the civil service exam

[eddy]

http://www.mpnnow.com/monroe_county_...County-Ballots

Amendment to Article 5, section 6 of the Constitution, in relation to additional civil service credit for members of the armed forces of the United States. The proposed amendment would eliminate the requirement that veterans who were disabled in the actual performance of duty in any war be receiving disability payments from the United States Veterans Administration in order to qualify for additional points on a civil service examination for appointment or promotion. Under the proposed amendment, the disability must only be certified to exist by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The proposed amendment would also update the reference to the "United States Veterans Administration" to instead refer to the "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" to reflect current federal government structure. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? (Vote yes or no)

Amendment means that, if passed, disabled veterans who do not receive disability payments will also get additional points on their civil service exam.

 

This is for the people of New York.

[DonnieB]

http://www.mpnnow.com/monroe_county_...County-BallotsAmendment means that, if passed, disabled veterans who do not receive disability payments will also get additional points on their civil service exam.

 

This is for the people of New York.

 

 

Much better reason for civil service preference than the color of skin.

[jmjftw]

So if your arm or leg got blown off in Iraqi, and you want to come home and become a mailman you get extra credit on you CS exam...?

[MikeM58]

So if your arm or leg got blown off in Iraqi, and you want to come home and become a mailman you get extra credit on you CS exam...?

 

Yes, as it should be. Is there an issue in your mind that a disabled veteran SHOULD NOT get a small break trying to secure a federal job?

[Aquacide]

Yes, as it should be. Is there an issue in your mind that a disabled veteran SHOULD NOT get a small break trying to secure a federal job?

 

 

you nailed it Mike

 

 

[jmjftw]

Yes, as it should be. Is there an issue in your mind that a disabled veteran SHOULD NOT get a small break trying to secure a federal job?

 

 

Love it!!!

[Roadrunner]

When I was taking civil service exams, we whiteys had a private joke we used to pass around. If you were a female black veteran, all you had to do to pass the exam was show up, sign your name to the exam, and walk out of the room.

 

I don't think we were far off the mark. I suppose adding 'disabled' to the list means WMNNA. (White Males Need Not Apply.)

[jmjftw]

When I was taking civil service exams, we whiteys had a private joke we used to pass around. If you were a female black veteran, all you had to do to pass the exam was show up, sign your name to the exam, and walk out of the room.

 

I don't think we were far off the mark. I suppose adding 'disabled' to the list means WMNNA. (White Males Need Not Apply.)

 

 

It's delivering mail.......what did you want to be?

[Triet]

Aren't all civil sevice employees disabled anyway? Oops, that was LIRR employees.

[Roadrunner]

It's delivering mail.......what did you want to be?

 

 

 

I was in Hartford, taking the exams for the CT. State Police. Postal carrier was a little low-end for my Criminal Justice edjumacation.

[MikeM58]

When I was taking civil service exams, we whiteys had a private joke we used to pass around. If you were a female black veteran, all you had to do to pass the exam was show up, sign your name to the exam, and walk out of the room.

 

I don't think we were far off the mark. I suppose adding 'disabled' to the list means WMNNA. (White Males Need Not Apply.)

 

White disabled vets would qualify for the extra points. If you don't understand that, then it's pretty easy to see why you didn't score high enough on the test to get a job.