Work, Sex Offenders, and Other Things

I like my job at The Alliance. I'm underpaid and overworked, but I do really like it. It's amazing some of the ways the County is denying funding to caregivers. I don't understand why an 8-year-old kid who is pissing and shitting all over his caregiver's house, lighting fires and is bipolar doesn't qualify for a higher rate because of mental health issues, and also doesn't get free access to appropriate services. It's a good thing I love kids, or else I might not be able to do this job. I appear before Administrative Law Judges twice a week against county to argue for appropriate benefits and services. We keep seeing some of the same fuck ups from county over and over (they are actually violating the law), so we might try to get a class certified if we can pull in a pro bono firm on this. I can't believe how incompetent county is. It all makes my problems seem kind of minimal.

Speaking of sucky situations, when I was at the biglaw firm, I did a pro bono memo on Sex Offender Registries and DNA Registries for LCAV. It was amazing the types of things that led to registration and notification requirements. Some states require it for public urination. If you get convicted or plead to peeing in public, your address and offense go online for everyone to see. Not necessary to spend time or resources to warn neighbors about that. If you are 18 and she's 16 and her parents turn you in for sleeping with their innocent little daughter, in some states you are a sex offender. And in a few states you are subjected to registration/notification provisions for life. I came across one instance where a 10-year-old boy pled to touching his 4-year-old cousin's genitals and had to register. His father said he was unable to explain to his son why he had to register as a "sex offender" because he didn't really understand what sex was. Anyway, this all came to mind again after I read this. Yeah, that guy sucks for doing that, and the girl gets the last laugh, but isn't being convicted enough?

Anyway.

Should I sell my BB and get an iphone? The BB was great for business purposes, but only a few people at the alliance have them, so nobody really expects you to get back to their emails urgently after hours. Everyone kind of manages their own cases.

Alright, time to eat my gorgonzola linguini with toasted walnuts and get ready for Lost.