Veterans Still Cut From GI Bill's OJT Program By HCSO!

Last week I pulled down the post entitled: HCSO Not So Veteran Friendly after a call last Monday from someone I respect in the Teamsters saying the administration wanted to work to resolve the issue.

A week has gone by. The issue is not resolved. The administration has not even talked to our lawyers, the vets, our business agent, or myself so HCSO Not So Veteran Friendly is back up.

I find it regrettable that at the same time:

U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced its Minnesota Leadership Team. Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-03) and Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek will serve as Co-Chairs of John McCain's campaign in Minnesota,

the Sheriff's Office, under Campaign Co-Chair Sheriff Rich Stanek, would choose to drop out of participation in the GI Bill's OJT program for his detention deputy employees.

Senator McCain's positions on veterans are clear:

PROVIDING VETERANS WITH THE BENEFITS THEY HAVE EARNED

John McCain strongly believes that it is our duty as a nation to provide our veterans, who dedicated their careers, risked their personal safety, and sometimes sacrificed their lives in order to protect us, with the benefits that we have promised them and that they have earned.

John McCain has voted consistently to increase funding for veterans' benefits, recognizing that the people who serve our country should get priority over the disgraceful amounts of spending on corporate subsidies and wasteful pork barrel spending. He also pushed for various initiatives to ensure that veterans who are eligible for benefits know what they are entitled to and have the resources to obtain their benefits.

Maybe we'll see some trickle down values.

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