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Caped crusaders are commended
Workforce Central Florida's cape crusade is brilliant. And I am shocked at the lack of business savvy the Orlando Sentinel has shown in belittling its efforts ("Super lunacy," Tuesday).
Please send Sentinel reporters to the mayor's job fairs, which are held every two months. They will see 5,000 people or more lining up, and getting turned down, for the pitifully few jobs that are paying $8 to $11 an hour. These people — many were business executives with high-paying jobs — are walking away with their hopes dashed. But they do get a free pen for talking to an overwhelmed human-resource recruiter.
I do not mean to compare a cape to a pen. Look at the total costs of initializing the cape program, the research, the computer programming on the agency's website and the publicity.
Now, think about the number of people underemployed or out of work and those who have given up or simply have run out of benefits and are not being counted. Workforce Orlando should be commended for its efforts.
Jerrold Schiff Apopka
http://www.schiffkey.com
