They are in cahoots,

And we've discovered that they can be a pretty nice bunch of guys.

This was not something that was expected. We never imagined we'd be working with this population.

During a grievance hearing the union rep. Jeff Brown made a threatening comment that he would start stalking me to see how I liked it, and the police were called, and he left without incident.

A lot of people are wanting to help but are not sure how. This storm has hit everyone's pocketbook hard. If people want to help, they can bring items, pitch in their time. This is the perfect time to find their niche with the hurricane disaster, ... And given that a lot of (schoolteachers) don't make a lot of money anyway, this is our way to help without having to spend a lot of money.

Our main goal is to try and ease new members into the community as best we can. If we show that Meridian is willing to accept new members at every level, then they can start lives off as they normally would. We want to give them the option to choose Meridian as their new home instead of them being forced to,