Travis County and Convication


	Travis County and Convication

publicola85

5-5-2008 8:57 PM

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crime, criminals, liberal, travis, austin, texas, application, employment

publicola85 says:

An amazing post about Travis County's elimination of the "prior conviction" question on job applications.

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