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SEWAGE AND SLUDGE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Who among us hasn't at some time of frustration cursed our little courthouse as a "sewer" and some of its inhabitants as "sludge" ? Be careful what you ask for....because now comes word courtesy of a DBR article that budget cuts have had the unintended effect of "bumping" workers from their regular jobs into our clerks' office. So now we have workers from the Department of Water and Sewer transfered into the REGJB because their union contract requires that they be moved rather than laid off. Court: The clerk will quash the warrant.Clerk: Wash what? Court: Estreat the bond.Clerk: Under the street?Court: Forget it, I'm taking a bathroom break.Clerk: Oh, I fixed the leak and cleared the line. Just jiggle the handle after you flush.Or something like that...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on July 22, 2009 (boomark / email).