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Food Stamp worker Nancy Reeve has been plagued with car problems this year and last. For weeks at a time, she’s been forced to rely on her husband to bring her in tqthe office at 7 a.m. and pick her up at 7 p.m. What does she do during those long 12-hour days? She works.
Juanita Miko and Ellen Mustoe, both recently resigned from the Welfare Department, left the office frequently on business trips, taking their vehicles with them. Their positions as social worker and eligibility worker required them to make home visits as well as attend workshops and seminars. Both put in weekend hours and, with the rest of the staff, frequently worked on federal and state holidays when the office was officially closed.
Miss Mustoe was due 96 hours of overtime pay upon her departure from the Welfare Department—time she accumulated since the beginning of the year. In addition, Rappahannock received 81 days of bonus time from Miss Mustoe. She was ineligible for payment of sick leave accumulated during her ten years with the department because the county doesn’t have a personnel policy.
When Col. Luke reached his conclusion on the hours the staff puts in by counting the cars parked in front of the building, he also failed to take into account that Food Stamp assistant Dorothy Rector parks her sedan on the other side of the street, directly across from the News office.
If the Supervisors want to cut the Welfare budget, that’s their prerogative. They needn’t justify thenactions, however, by casting a slur on the dedication of the Welfare staff.
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