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Sightem: A Working Man In Mr. H’s Megadesertmess

Spending a few days in the Cochella Valley, home of Mr. H's megadesertmess. While sitting in my car awaiting my Rx from a brand new, barely-open local Walgreens, I watched with wonderment a real working man. He was a young, lean, Hispanic man applying finishing touches to the landscape border in front of my car. Can't recall when I have seen such a hard-working, energetic person; his head never came up for more than an instant while looking for another tool. I suspect he did more work in the 20 minutes I watched him than a team of 6 "working" on the Hayden Government Way project this fall did in a day's shift. Don't know if he was legit or "illegal", and frankly don't care. If most illegals work this hard, it is no wonder that business owners and contractors want more of them ... not less/LastDemoInIdaho.



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.