The question for me: How does it handle attachments?

Health scare of the week: Mutant rabies is spreading... A highly infectious strain of mutant rabies is spreading among animals across the state of Arizona

A former police lieutenant sued the city of Chesapeake on Friday, alleging he was denied the right to re-employment after returning from service in the Coast Guard.

Thrilling news from the College of William & Mary: The school learned today that an often-off-beat but courageous collection of students, faculty and staff broke the Guinness World Record for the most people performing the Michael Jackson “Thriller” dance simultaneously in one location.

The feat took place on April 19 in the Sunken Garden when 242 “zombies” – dressed mainly, at least from the looks of a You Tube video, in college standard sweats and shorts – gathered to shuffle, stomp and slide as the classic song rolled across the lawn.

The faltering economy is to blame for a rise in motor vehicle fraud cases nationwide, according to investigators who tell ABCNews.com that never before have they seen owners so desperate to get rid of their wheels, even if it means breaking the law.

Last week, using the Enterprise website (which is sometimes less than intuitive or easy to use... such as the ability to provide feedback, but that is another issue than what prompts me to write today) I rented a car for pickup this past Friday. I arrived at the location, downtown Portsmouth VA on High Street, around 0800, just as an employee was opening the door. What happened next is clear indication that Enterprise has substantial systems and process issues which must be addressed. The car I'd requested was not available, and in order to get me a car, the employee had to drive me 9 miles to another location to get the car, a car which had 1/2 a tank of gas and hadn't been cleaned. It was nearly 40 minutes and 9 miles from the original location when I finally turned the key for a car with only 1/2 a tank of gas. On the way back downtown I was pulled over and given a ticket for speeding, an offense that wouldn't have occured if Enterprise had fulfilled their end of the bargain by providing a car when and where the computer system allowed me to rent it. I was behind the eight-ball for the rest of the day, walking in late to an important meeting, walking in late not because of my ten minute delay with the Portsmouth deputy, but because of the 30-plus minute delay caused by Enterprise. To boot, while waiting in the office, several phone calls went unanswered, and Ms. Johnson, who called to arrange for a rental was certainly never called back when the employee told her she would be... I know this because the employee was shuttling me 9 miles to Chesapeake to get the car. As a customer, I don't care that the branch assistant manager was recently fired or that the branch is understaffed or that a car needed an oil change and wasn't ready. If you had systems in place, these wouldn't be the norm. And, that the branch had cars on the lot, be it they were "three levels" higher than what I'd booked, I, as the customer, don't care. You allowed me to book a car, now pony up. If I wanted to drive 9 miles to another location, I would have rented from that location. Returning the car today wasn't much of a better situation. While the employees were apologetic, not one of the two employees I interacted with, Thomas and Starla, went out of their way to make things right. I should have been rented a car when and where I showed up; the car should have been fully fueled up (so I didn't have to stop and get fuel on my trip) and cleaned. In short, this experience with Enterprise has been UNSATISFACTORY.

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I'm reminded of the saying, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

Thanks for the confirmation... I've had two sr. officers tell me that I am a target.

From: Vicki Tiller
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Subject: school board meeting last night - We need your signature NOW

According to the School Board meeting last night. Portsmouth has a 9-10 million $$ hole in the budget for '09-10. A lot depends on how Obama's stimulus package will be accepted and the passing of Governor's Kaine's proposal for a $340 million K-12 cut in funding. This is currently the forcast for February but May could bring more bad news if we dont take action.

However, no one in PPS is losing their jobs. There are some positions that have more staff than what is needed and what they plan on doing is as those positions are voluntarily left, they will not be filled. That is currently for Assist Principals, Guidance, and nurses. They will remove the Library Clerk position and move those people to another position within the school system. They have the choice to basically take it or leave it at this point. However, if they leave it, their position will not be filled.

The Montessori School at Parkview will be closed and those Paraprofessionals will be placed in other schools.

Budget cuts will come from Facilities, Operations, IT, no school additional purchase of school busses, and a few purchases made last year that do not have to be made again this year. They will also cut out of town travel for Operations, hiring freeze, and add people to Title 1 schools in order to be able to lose supplies and materials.

No raises are another consideration but not a definite. Again it depends on how the Stimulus package goes.

This is how it is Today but tomorrow it can change. This is how much we are in the hole for '09-10 but if the economy does not get better in by 2010 our deficit could be bigger resulting if more drastic measures such as relieving staff.

This is literally a Day by Day situation.

WHAT WE NEED FROM EVERYONE NOW

We have board members going to Richmond today to Lobby against Governors Kaine's (see note: Our Governor refers to $340 million in K-12 cuts, while Budget Director Daniel Timberlake indicates that the cuts amount to $595,180,605 for FY 2010, a 9.4% cut in K-12 funding.

We need as many signature as possible for petittion against this position. There are only 13,000 signatures currently but they need more. Our representatives need to see the public is upset and it's up to us now to make changes.

Go to http://www.veanea.org -- two electronic letters are already awaiting your signature. Just click on the right hand side of the website site where you will see Take Action. Fill in your name and address and send.

Hopefully this helps with the current rumors and I hope to keep everyone up to date.

Vicki Tiller, CES PTA Vice President