Is there an Unemployed Super Hero in your Future?
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida officials are investigating an unemployment agency that spent public money to give 6,000 superhero capes to the jobless.
Workforce Central Florida spent more than $14,000 on the red capes as part of its “Cape-A-Bility Challenge” public relations campaign. The campaign featured a cartoon character, “Dr. Evil Unemployment,” who needs to be vanquished.
Florida’s unemployment agency director asked Monday for an investigation of the regional operation’s spending after the Orlando Sentinel published a story about the program. State director Cynthia Lorenzo said the spending appeared to be “insensitive and wasteful.”
Workforce Central Florida Director Gary J. Earl defends the program, saying it is part of a greater effort to connect with the community. The agency says it served 210,000 people during its last fiscal year, placing nearly 59,000 in jobs.
Follow this link to the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_re_us/us_capes_for_the_unemployed
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-jobless-cape-probe-20110418,0,1218799.story
Face Forward Says:
Well the capes couldn’t have been too much at $2.33 each. However, my guess is that the unemployed in Florida would have been much more happy to have had the money spent on helping them get a job. Helping the unemployed produce a better resume or even polish their interview skills would have produced more results.
When governments have money to spend, they will spend it. It should not surprise anyone that our social security system is broken, medicare cost are rising, and illegal aliens are able to (very easily) steal benefits that are paid for by borrowed money from China. Thank god we had enough left over so we could dress up the unemployed in red superhero capes. I know they felt good wearing them around town.
