Why aren’t they advertising how horrible the U.S. is in Mexico? If it’s so bad, why do millions continue to cross our border? This guy’s family thought they’d hit the lottery. If they cared about his life/health/welfare, they’d go through proper channels to become legit citizens. I’ve worked alongside many hardworking Mexicans and I’ve seen just as many looking for a handout. Responding to the circumstances of the story is not racist. Try again.
The story is about the a decision that the supreme court made (correctly I might add.) To shift it to a discussion about illegal aliens is racist. The unfortunate worker could have been Latin, Black, Asian or even WHITE (surname notwithstanding.) The issue here is that a party was seeking payment from a homeowner for a occurrance that was clearly not their doing.
That the media isn’t allowed (or chooses not) to mention a person’s ethnicity is inherently dishonest. By the way, if you read my post carefully, I merely pointed out the realities of living in California and that the odds are good mine is the correct assumption. I criticized illegal aliens. YOU made the assumption I was bashing Mexicans. Try again.
“If it’s a tree service firm you look for NAA, National Assoc. of Arboriculture or ISA, Internation society of Arboriculture.”
For real??!! You think anybody outside the profession knows what those letter mean? Or care? The homeowner wants to know they’re dealing with a legitimate biz that carries the proper coverage. A good tree company will provide a copy of their insurance coverage and not lay a bunch of meaningless alphabet soup letters on them. Sorry to say, but same goes for CRM, CIC, and CFP.
Hey – I heard about that CPCU thinger once – someone told me it means “can’t produce, can’t underwrite” Now why would I want something like that??? Oh yeah… more $… LOL –
Does anyone know why the first line of the article refers to “…criminally liable for the misdemeanor acts of a tree trimmer”? Or, near the end of the article, the reference to “…the worker’s own negligent acts or omissions which themselves violated the statute”. What misdemeanor acts? What statute? What is that all about?
In brief, the article is referring to the misdemeanor committed by the tree trimer by operating as an unlicensed contractor. By hiring the contractor the homeowner was allegedly vicariously liable or “guitly” as well because they hired the contractor. The court ruling said that the homeowners were not guilty of this offense.
OK, Bill, but the article in both places makes it look like the employee, Flores, has committed the violation/misdemeanor, when in fact it was the contractor, Rodriguez. Right?
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Checked out a tree service’s cert before they started work on our trees with the agent: haven’t been with the agent for years. Next…
Why aren’t they advertising how horrible the U.S. is in Mexico? If it’s so bad, why do millions continue to cross our border? This guy’s family thought they’d hit the lottery. If they cared about his life/health/welfare, they’d go through proper channels to become legit citizens. I’ve worked alongside many hardworking Mexicans and I’ve seen just as many looking for a handout. Responding to the circumstances of the story is not racist. Try again.
The story is about the a decision that the supreme court made (correctly I might add.) To shift it to a discussion about illegal aliens is racist. The unfortunate worker could have been Latin, Black, Asian or even WHITE (surname notwithstanding.) The issue here is that a party was seeking payment from a homeowner for a occurrance that was clearly not their doing.
To that end, the court made the right decision.
That the media isn’t allowed (or chooses not) to mention a person’s ethnicity is inherently dishonest. By the way, if you read my post carefully, I merely pointed out the realities of living in California and that the odds are good mine is the correct assumption. I criticized illegal aliens. YOU made the assumption I was bashing Mexicans. Try again.
“If it’s a tree service firm you look for NAA, National Assoc. of Arboriculture or ISA, Internation society of Arboriculture.”
For real??!! You think anybody outside the profession knows what those letter mean? Or care? The homeowner wants to know they’re dealing with a legitimate biz that carries the proper coverage. A good tree company will provide a copy of their insurance coverage and not lay a bunch of meaningless alphabet soup letters on them. Sorry to say, but same goes for CRM, CIC, and CFP.
Hey – I heard about that CPCU thinger once – someone told me it means “can’t produce, can’t underwrite” Now why would I want something like that??? Oh yeah… more $… LOL –
Hey Mouse,
You don’t WANT it ’cause you probably couldn’t pass the tests anyway.
Does anyone know why the first line of the article refers to “…criminally liable for the misdemeanor acts of a tree trimmer”? Or, near the end of the article, the reference to “…the worker’s own negligent acts or omissions which themselves violated the statute”. What misdemeanor acts? What statute? What is that all about?
In brief, the article is referring to the misdemeanor committed by the tree trimer by operating as an unlicensed contractor. By hiring the contractor the homeowner was allegedly vicariously liable or “guitly” as well because they hired the contractor. The court ruling said that the homeowners were not guilty of this offense.
OK, Bill, but the article in both places makes it look like the employee, Flores, has committed the violation/misdemeanor, when in fact it was the contractor, Rodriguez. Right?