We’ve established that I live in Colorado.\u00a0 And if you’ve paid any attention to the election…or the news…or the election news…you may have heard that Colorado passed Amendment 64 yesterday.\u00a0 Amendment 64 allows\u00a0those 21 and older to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana\u00a0at specially regulated retail stores.\u00a0 Possession would be legal, but not public use.\u00a0 Adults could grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes.<\/p>\n
Not sure who wrote this law.\u00a0 Probably some brainiac smoking weed that he grew\u00a0in his basement.<\/p>\n
BTW – did I mention that I’m in the midst of fighting with the Unemployment Compensation Agency about my unemployment benefits?\u00a0 The fight goes a little something like this:<\/p>\n
THEM: You have received severance from your recent employer.\u00a0 Severance is not considered wages.\u00a0 But if we divided your\u00a0severance amount by your weekly wages, we find that it’s like you got paid every week by your employer through the end of December.<\/p>\n
ME: Sigh.\u00a0 Ok, you just said my severance wasn’t considered wages, right?\u00a0 And I looked up the Advisory Bulletin from the Colorado Division of Labor online and it said that severance pay is a benefit offered by employers at their own discretion.\u00a0 It also said that severance pay is not wages or compensation.\u00a0 So…while I received a BENEFIT from my employer, I didn’t receive WAGES or COMPENSATION – BY YOUR OWN DEFINITION!!!!\u00a0 Arggghhhh!!!\u00a0\u00a0So therefore give me my unemployment compensation ya %&$^#&%!\u00a0\u00a0And also, if we’re being honest here, you (and by you I mean the government) took out half of my severance in taxes.\u00a0 So if we’re sticking to the letter of the law, the wages I DIDN’T\u00a0get paid DON’T cover me through the end of December.<\/p>\n
THEM: You filed your appeal late.\u00a0 Your reasoning as to why you are entitled to unemployment compensation may or may not be acceptable, but first you have to tell us why your appeal was late.<\/p>\n
ME: Gaaaahhhh!!!\u00a0 Ok, you gave me 20 days to file my appeal based on the day you sent my notice of denial of benefits.\u00a0 You say you sent the notice of denial on\u00a0this date in September.\u00a0 Yet,\u00a0the envelope was\u00a0actually postmarked\u00a02 days AFTER that date in September when\u00a0you said you sent my notice.\u00a0 And\u00a0I didn’t receive it until 5\u00a0days after that what with those pesky week-ends and such.\u00a0\u00a0So I sent my reply within 20 days OF THE DATE\u00a0I RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF DENIAL!\u00a0\u00a0Oh.\u00a0 And also?\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0two choices you provided for how to respond to my denial were counterintuitive.\u00a0 One, I could reply by mail.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 I saw how well that worked for YOU on the outbound trip.\u00a0 And two, I could reply by fax.\u00a0 Well, that there would be a really nice option if I were sitting in an office\u00a0where they have\u00a0fax machines galore.\u00a0 But you see there’s a\u00a0little catch.\u00a0 I AM UNEMPLOYED SO I’M NOT SITTING IN AN OFFICE WHERE\u00a0THERE’S A FAX MACHINE!\u00a0 The only one who has a fax machine in this scenario is the unemployment agency and my husband at his place of employment but he travels constantly and so faxed it when he was able.<\/p>\n
THEM:\u00a0 Radio silence.<\/p>\n
So…while they maintain their radio silence, I’m thinking of ways to earn me some of that there money everyone is talking about but which I don’t have.\u00a0 ‘Cause I didn’t get paid wages,\u00a0did I?!?<\/p>\n
Makes growing those 6 plants referenced earlier look like a mighty fine option from where I’m sitting.\u00a0 But if I sold anything from said plants, would it be considered wages?\u00a0 And therefore would it effect my unemployment compensation??\u00a0 Wait!\u00a0 I have the perfect people to ask about that!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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