Posted on 05/12/2012 2:00:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be able to take about eight months of paid leave from her county job, thanks to the generosity of county employees.
Sybrina Fulton, who has worked at the Miami-Dade County housing authority for 23 years, collected $40,825 worth of donated vacation time, county records show. The paid time off is in addition to the nearly $100,000 the family raised on wepay.com and at rallies, which will be used to launch a criminal justice advocacy foundation in Trayvon's name.
The donated days are the latest in a mounting fortune in contributions that have amassed on both sides of the controversial case. With websites dedicated to the grieving parents of Trayvon Martin as well as for the man who killed him, and now even his attorney, funds gathered in the wake of the Feb. 26 tragedy promise to reach half a million dollars. Donors continue to reach into their pockets, even as each side criticizes the other's purpose and intent in seeking donations.
"They are using the money to continue the legacy of their son," said Michael Hall, a graphic designer and marketing specialist who helped launch the Justice for Trayvon Martin Foundation. The parents created the non-profit in March in response to their son's killing. "They didn't want a situation where people could say they were profiting off the loss of their son."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
And lead a life of luxury if her pimp-daddy attorny Crump can get a decision in a wrongful death trial........
Mayor of Miami-Dade County allowed County employees to donate “vacation time” to Ms. Fulton. But get this….in an unusual move, the Mayor gave his blessing to allow the donated “time” to be converted to the money equivalent, up to $50,000.
He styles himself as the champion of fiscal responsibility.
If Mr. Zimmerman’s attorney invokes the “Stand Your Ground” law in this case, no re-trial or civil lawsuit is allowed by statute. See why they don’t like it?
I think we call that STEALING!!!!
You can't tell by looking but Mayor Gimenez isn't a white hispanic. He's a red hispanic.
Thanks for that info. How does a Mayor circumvent established civil service laws, and allow one person special treatment? I hope this moron realizes the problem he’s created. You don’t do for one, what you can’t, or won’t do for all.
That law only applies if no charges are brought. Zimmerman has been booked and charged which is exactly what the family and their attorney Crump were hoping for.
They could care less that Zimmerman will ultimately be found innocent of the charges against him, they now have legal ground to pursue him in civil court........
The whole media circus created by Crump and the Justice Brothers was designed to put the necessary pressure on the prosecuting attorney's office to bring charges which from the beginning were not warranted and successfully allow them to pursue a legal lottery payday.......
"Civil rights activist Al Sharpton presents the cash haul offering from a rally with Trayvon Martin’s parents at a church in Los Angeles. The rally was attended by Rick Ross, Councilman Bernard C. Parks, Big Boy, Jesse Jackson, Mary Mary, Oscar Grant’s family, Tony Cornelius, Benjamin Crump, Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin, Jahvaris Martin, Dawn Haynes, and Minister Omarosa O. Manigault. "
- The Conservative Treehouse
They are now part of the Chindy Sheehan/Mother Against Drunk Driving/ grief industry complex. So often family members of deceased go out on a crusade to ban whatever killed their family member, in order to make themselves feel like their death had some purpose. What they end up doing is eventually intruding on the rights of others.
Re-read it. As I understand it, if he is exonerated based on SYG, no more trials of ANY kind based on this incident can occur. PERIOD.
I guess, like 0baMao, he just assumes the authority to be a little commissar. But he sure did throw open the barn door.
My company offers bereavement, specified number of days off given the relationship (week for spouse and kids, 3 days parent, 1 day grandparents, uncle, etc).
What is a legitimate website for donating to Mr. Zimmerman’s defense?
After viewing It’s a Wonderful Life, President Harry S Truman concluded, “If Bess and I had a son we’d want him to be just like Jimmy Stewart.”
We had bereavement leave too for immediate family members only. Aunts, uncles, or cousins weren’t included, and you had to provide a copy of the obit for it to be approved.
It could be any one of us in George Zimmerman's shoes.
She is your typical Gubmint worker.
The kind of Gubmint worker who will soon be hired to run Obamacare and ration your health care.
"Social justice" is a liberal contrivance that makes "victim" a job description.
You are dead on.
They consider him a martyr and will milk that puppy until the end of time.
No doubt both parents will achieve that deep and silent respect that Tawana Brawley probably receives when she enters the room and will be guest speakers and hailed heroes wherever they go.
The black community puzzles me- in their eyes, OJ is still a hero, Jesse Jackass and Ass Sharpton are looked at with respect and this Trayvon thug is considered a martyr.
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