The Invisible Sea of People Without Jobs
By Michael Boyajian
Back in 2008 when I was laid off from my state job as a judge the Poughkeepsie Journal wanted me to do a column that would track my job search. I considered the idea but then decided against it. You see, being laid off without cause was a humiliation that I did not want to share at that time. I was especially unnerved because I had recently adjudicated with great success two of the biggest cases in state history and also because I had never been reversed on appeal as a judge.