A funny thing happened on the way to the war. This page is about rememberances and thoughts and dreams and those we left behind. This page is being constantly updated as I have time.
We are a proud member of Operation Just Cause. There are too many questions still unanswered about our MIA's.
I had to address a meeting of the Public Utilities Commission a couple of years back. I opened my address with "Most of you think that Disabled Vet's are those guys standing in front of K-Mart with a white cup, asking for donations. But I'm here today to let you know that you're wrong! We're the Junk Yard Dogs that you tried to put to pasture and out of your minds. I want you to know, we're still here and we remember daily, what you didn't do for us!"
And that brings up the concept of giving Vets a 3% advantage on State bids.
Before We got our act together and lobbied Congress and the State Legislature
to do away with the Women and Minority preferences, OR at least bring us up
to their level, we were still the throw aways.
Southern California Edison even went so far as to say "We do 16 billion dollars
a year in sales, Disabled Veterans couldn't handle 3% of that".
And you know what, they may be right. But we sure would like to try. If you figure
the average State contract runs $300,000., 3% of that is $9,000. Now if we're selling
a product that gives us a 6% profit, that means that we make $1,800 before expenses.
Not quite equitable is it? Minorities and women were born that way - We were created
by congress. And believe me, I would rather be a woman or a minority than DISABLED!
