European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 Antt Landers dear Ann land cts the 19-year-old Nephew of my Friend they live in California crashed into a Concrete Road abutment. He was intoxicated according to the tests. Fortunately no one was Hurt. It was his first of tense his sentence was a Fine of ,000. A visit along with other Drunken Drivers to the morgue to look at an Accident victim who had been badly mangled. Seven evenings in a Row spent in the emergency roam of a Hospital. License marked restricted which Means he can drive Only to and from work. The Young Man must repay his father the 11,000 that he put out for the line As Well As $2,000 for the Auto repair Bill. I think it would be just Dandy if this penalty was imposed in Drunken Drivers in every state in the Union. Why Don t you suggest it Ann Somerset no. Dear Somerset i did in a column that 1 wrote Mettral month ago. I d like la think that my column had something to do with ill kid s sentence. It would please me immensely. Dear Ann Landers 1 enjoy my Job but there is one thing that bothers me terribly. I am absolutely certain that my Boss Lis tens in on my phone Calls several limes a Day. I have worked Here for five years 1 never make personal Calls from my desk nor do receive any except in cases of qty me emergency. Several limes during the Day i hear my Boss pick up my Calls in his Back office and he stays on the line. He has never commented on anything that 1 have said nor have i mentioned to him that i resent his eavesdropping t am ready to explode. Do you have any suggestions i need my Job and enjoy it a lot but 1 am deeply offended by his nosing is. Gestapo tactics in the Midwest dear Midwest i believe you should confront he Boss. Say something like this or Crubb Croone when you Monitor my phone Calls 1 feel As if Yon Don t Hare Confidence to my ability to handle the customer. I Don t believe i need surveillance and it makes me uncomfortable. I d appreciate it if you d Trust me to handle Calls on my own. Dear Ann Landers can you stand one More letter about throwing Rice at weddings some nitwit wrote that it was bad for the Birds be cause Rice swells in la Weir stomachs and kills them. Birdseed was suggested instead. Your ornithology expert must have been on vacation. I m not surprised that you were inundated with howls from readers who screamed nonsense you humbly admitted that you had hatched a Bummer. Are you aware that a great Many churches prohibit the throwing of Rice at weddings because it is danger Ous Rice under leather soles is Slippery and could land guests on their rear ends. Birdseed crushes easily and poses no threat. Gel it right Annie. Your fans in Portland Ore. Dear port mine was the face with egg on it and i said so after i acc Ltd no less than 6,000 letters telling me 1 had fed. Rice is out Birdseed is to to thanks my Little chickadees pm Annalea Tumi  col Mutt land in Fromal tout totter. Toucan will 1c i m col tin Sun and Sui Fri Apo wzi1, us. Form employment regulations explained i am an american living with my German wife and one child. Ave been local hire tourist in the non appropriated fund Naf system for Over four Yean and have one simple question Why Are american local hires discriminated against we Are americans in Europe with families struggling living on salaries not fit for welfare. The Mark Rale is at an All time Low and the Coslo living is High a local hire has no rights no future and no real Finan Cial stability. The words / am an american mean Noth ing in a system that Rales us As the lowest on the totem pole. 1 started As a part time disc jockey with a starting salary of 13.66 an hour is i. I am now ps-6 full time making $5.53 an hour working beside family members and local National who make an average of $5 o s7 an hour and we do the exact same thing. I must say that 1987 was the worst year of our lives because we got caught in the Middle of a financial crunch. In 1984 it was of to make j100 every two weeks but then the Mark was 3 to i now it s 1.80 to 1. And going lower. It s hard living from paycheck to paycheck. 1 have worked jobs from pan time disc jockey to facility manager normally Given to a gs-05/07 with an outstanding rating in performance. When the is Job was announced applied and was told that my application could not be accepted because i was Naf and a tourist and not a family member or local National. I have seen tourist local hires being worked to death pulling in Long hours and getting downed Over a technicality. Now just remember i am talking about americans with families. We must provide for our dependents with no medical benefits no housing Al Lowance no real option on jobs other than Cooks bartenders and maids. Most of us arc qualified for higher positions. If it were not for my wife and her Job we would not survive. Why can i the Community commanders be Given the authority to give Active local hires in the Community an exception to policy. Tourists with a sound foundation in the system should be rewarded. Local hires with four to five years in service with Good re cords and attendance should be Given a Good option on Job that they Are qualified for. To take an application to co and. Be turned Down because you re a tourist is so unfair. I know outraged family members and local nation als will say you gave up your rights when you decided to gel out of the army and stay in Europe but they fail to realize thai 1 did my Lime got out on an honorable discharge and will not accept being discriminated against or being blindly held Back because of an unjust regulation i have done nothing wrong. I have a family to support. I have lots of Talent and i want to be justly rewarded for my efforts in the Community. 1 say that All tourists should be Given a Chance not just a Job. Tourists with three to five years in the system should be Given the real Opportunity Load Vance in skills jobs and salaries. They should be judged by their abilities heir character and Overall performance. It s Lime something is done about this downright refusal of one s constitutional rights Anthony m. Ramsey Bau Halder West Germany editor s note Audace prove i Deputy chief of staff. Personnel civilian personnel Oto ii Usa eur replies thank you for your letter which  an Opportunity to explain employment priorities and the Laws or regulations on which they Are based. You basically question Why your application was not accepted for the position at facility manager is 05/07. Further you maintain that non acceptance of Jour application is principally aimed at restricting advancement opportunities for local hire tourist employ res paid from non appropriated funds. There is a Complex order of priorities with which civilian personnel offices must rope in filling vacancies. They Are based on the types of positions being tilted i.e., is. M local National and the salary fund ing source. I.e., appropriated or non appropriated funds. Us. Or local National positions paid from appropriated funds Are controlled positions starting to the is. Congress through funding controls and then by the Federal agencies through issuance of authorisations on number and types of positions that May be tilled or by designating funding limits for labor. In filling is. Appropriated fund position from external sources employment priorities Are governed by Federal Laws. For example the veterans preference act requires that tint priority be riven to . Applicants who Are eligible for Veteran s preference the military spouse preference act require thai military spouse be Given preference in employment in the absence of Veteran preference eligible. By department of defense regulation preference is then extended to eligible family members who Are not military sonics. And finally to external candidates who Are neither veterans military spouses nor family members. Currently priorities applied in the filling of local National positions paid from appropriated funds differ somewhat and Are based on regulations that conform to governing International agreements. First priority is Given to currently employed local National employees. In their absence the positions May be filled wild family members again with higher priority for military spouses Over other family members. These positions May not be tilled by any Lus. Applicants other Hun family members. In the absence of family members the positions revert to their original status for fill by external local National candidates. Non appropriated fund positions on the other hand Are nol subject to the Legal restrictions that apply in the tilling of appropriated fund positions. By Dod and a directive however parallels Are drawn. For example local National vacancies Are fire advertised for i service local National candidates. In their absence the positions May be filled As . Positions. In filling . Positions graded ua-08 and below first priority is Given to military spouse candidates then to other family members and off duty military and finally to external non family members with priority Given to veterans Over non veterans. In filling us. Positions ua-09 and above All qualified applicants May compete and arc referred on an equal basis. In making a selection however managers May nol pass Over a Veteran applicant without the approval of the installation commander. Refusal to accept your application for the position of facility manager cs-05/07, strongly suggests it was formerly a local National position converted to a . Position and restricted for fill by a military spouse another family member or an external local National candidate. Once employed All local hints become current employees without regard to the preference category they held prior to appointment. 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