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You Wanna Make A Donut Joke Or Should I?
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Jellico, TN is in financial trouble, like a lot of cities. And city officials are discussing ways to cut the budget, which led them to circulate a memo about cuts to the police department that discussed how the fatness of police officers might prompt more workers' comp claims. Now, the police chief and mayor are upset, and they're calling it a civil rights violation and preparing for discrimination lawsuits. The mayor says it "shouldn't have been mentioned." Maybe so, but here's the thing: Is it true? Are there overweight officers? Do overweight officers file more workers' comp claims? I'm sensitive to discrimination claims, but is it healthy to have subjects that can't be discussed, ever? (WATE-TV/Knoxville; Thanks to Frank Murphy at WWST (Star 102.1)/Knoxville for the link)
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