Only in America... (hopefully)
May. 30th, 2006 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
undyingkingI don't normally post this sort of thing, but I was rather touched by this heart-warming little story from the Chicago Sun-Times:
"Ronald Michalowicz, a fire inspector for the village of Bedford Park, was given a 27 percent chance to live as he battled a rare form of tongue cancer.
"The community rallied around him, raising about $25,000 to help.
"He fought the cancer into remission.
"But the village where he had worked for 28 years fired him for taking the contributions, in alleged violation of the Illinois Gift Ban Act and village code prohibiting employees from soliciting gifts that could affect their decision-making."
No further comment required really!
"Ronald Michalowicz, a fire inspector for the village of Bedford Park, was given a 27 percent chance to live as he battled a rare form of tongue cancer.
"The community rallied around him, raising about $25,000 to help.
"He fought the cancer into remission.
"But the village where he had worked for 28 years fired him for taking the contributions, in alleged violation of the Illinois Gift Ban Act and village code prohibiting employees from soliciting gifts that could affect their decision-making."
No further comment required really!
