Yeah it is all about who ya know. Anyway, he was soaking up tax dollars as a CalTrans employee so I would rather him have to tough it out in the private sector.
Hell, the sign trucks that flash messages on the side of the road apparently have to be manned the whole time they are in operation. He sets it up on a snowy road that something is occuring on and sleeps for 8 hours in the truck till it is time to get off his shift.
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