Shelby County, Tenn., taxpayers funded church jobs
In the past five years, Shelby County, Tenn., taxpayers have funded at least 40 summer jobs for local youths at area churches, according to The Commercial Appeal newspaper. Commissioner Walter Bailey ended the practice, which cost taxpayers as much as $25,000 a year, earlier this year when he was serving as commission chairman. The jobs were part of the commission’s youth-jobs program, which typically assigns teenagers to work in county offices, according to the paper. “I saw us surrendering control, which could subject us to some liability down the line where some child could get hurt working through a church,” Bailey told the Commercial Appeal, explaining his decision to end the practice. For more information, visit
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