Oh Anita I am so sorry that you are having this problem. You have had so much to deal with this last year. We will put you on our prayer list. The baby has gotten so big and handsome! He must be Grandmas pride and joy. To everyone else HELLO! LOL Yes I am still alive and kicking. We are still fighting for our dear Miss Julie. It will be 1 yr on Sept the 12th that we have been a family and not one of us are willing to give that up! She is getting so very big. As well as more beautiful everyday! We go to court again on the 18th of this month. There are so many DRs appts its hard to keep it all going. School starts back on the 26th of Aug so I am hoping to get back to my much needed gardens. They seemed to have missed me as well. LOL I am very excited about being able to swap this month I have sooo missed it. Could some let me know how we are to pick our 2? The best thing about this Summer other than our dear Miss Julie is that I have lost 107 pds!! Can you believe it cause I sure cant!!! This has actually been since Feb. LOL So getting a little girl and joining the Y has been my salvation. Sorry I dont mean to brag but am going to anyway! I went to the DR yest and they didnt reconize me. He thought he had the wrong folder! It was fantastic!!! Its so hard for me to see, that its amazing when someone that dosent see me that often has that kind of reaction. I have a friend that is a member here and on another garden site that would like to join us she is a wonderful trader, gardener and friend. Pins2006 her name is Carmen Perrotta. I am sure some of you know her she is a very special person. A most generous trader. I would also like to Thank each and everyone of you for all the kindness and support you have shown Julie and I this past year and many more to come! Cathy If I could ever figure out how to post photos here I would share some new ones of Miss Julie.

Re: "Posted by jasonmi7 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 11, 09 at 22:55 My question is; if many of you feel there should be much more strict standards on GC licensing; what are you doing to make it happen? How many of you have contacted your state legislatures, your congresspeople, run petitions? What have you done?" Good point and one I hope every reader takes to heart. I personally have become quite involved in local politics over this exact issue. I've also been involved w/consumer organizations that deal w/the issue, signed petitions, written countless letters, etc. Many people quickly become discouraged and give up, when they find out the legislators are more interested in getting campaign donations from the local buiders association. But I think in time, if people stick to it, they often have some success. I've kind of concluded that licensing is not in itself a good solution--there needs to be a licensing board that is not just run by builders as that's just more self-regulation and it never works. A bond is a good idea, but also there needs to be a public complaint database that isn't censored by the govt or builders or anyone. Criminalizing certain construction frauds is also needed. Educating consumers is also needed and that's something anyone can do, to share what they know about their construction mishaps, what they learned about the state's licensing or lack of it, etc. I was, and still am, determined to make my bad experience be worth something, so I continue to work in these issues and encourage others to do the same. If you want things to improve you have to work on it. It doesn't work if people just sit there and assume a handful of consumer advocates like hadd.com and hobb.org will do all the work. They need numbers of people to help. Citizen apathy is a very bad thing, whether it's about homebuilding, taxes, health care or any issue.

Sounds like it ended well. Pesky!! You need to stop this crazy roller coaster you are on and get off!! Between the pottery, the guns and your BIL situation, maybe the Universe is trying to tell you something! I hope you have moved your guns out of the dining room and into the safety of a locked and well hidden cabinet. Always get references. ALWAYS!!

Alcohol laws vary state by state and even within certain states they can vary by county. Unemployment law varies state by state. If you have questions you need to read what the law is in YOUR state. It is extremely unlikely that you are going to find specifics about Alabama on a discussion board inhabited by Texans, Canadians, Wisconsinites, New Yorkers, and Australians speaking off the cuff. One thing is for sure, and that is that Muni Court cannot control what the Federal Social Security Office does. Now then, Social Security does have rules about paying benefits to those who are incarcerated for crimes they commit, while they are incarcerated. They don't send SS checks to prisoners in jail. Once out, even felons can receive SS checks if they are routinely eligible. Social Security benefits are not paid for the months you have been sentenced to a jail, prison or correctional facility or confined to certain public institutions for committing a crime. And, no benefits can be paid for any month in which you violate a condition of your probation or parole. Although you cannot receive monthly Social Security benefit payments while you are confined, your spouse or children can be paid benefits on your record if they are eligible. I don't know the all the laws in AL but I cannot see a first time offender, young girl working retail, doing any actual jail time over this. Then again I know that Alabama has dry counties and maybe judges have a "get tough" policy regarding the enforcement of alcohol laws and dole out harsh punishments for disobeying the alcohol laws. In my state there would be a HUGE monetary fine for something like this and it could be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the circumstances surrounding the case. There could possibly be jail time depending on the circumstances of the case. There may be loss of license for premise owner and also for the employee. For an employee to lose their license would be devastating as most employers won't hire someone without one even though they can. If there is jail time AND the girl is currently receiving SSI checks for one reason or another, (some minors can receive if they are in school and a parent is deceased or disabled) her checks would cease while she is incarcerated. Maybe that is what the employer was referrig to. I guess we will never really know. Read up on SS law to find out more. abc.alabama.gov