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CIV.NO. 3:O3CVlOlO(JBA} E
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CITY OF BRIDGEPORT HOUSING X :1
AUTHORITY, ET AL =
AUGUST 30, 2004 E
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DEPOSITION OF CECIL YOUNG Ji
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Pretrial deposition taken in the above-entitled action I
on behalf of the defendant, City of Bridgeport, before 1I
Roberta Olson, a Notary Public, Shorthand Reporter,
License No. 00168, pursuant to the Federal Rules of F
Civil Procedure, at the Office of the City Attorney, I
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999 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. F
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£: A To be honest with you, no, I have never had to 5 I
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[l Q And, in fact, in any of the jobs —— l
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jiever had to fill out an application for a job? gi
_Q A To be honest with you, I filled out papers. I §%
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gthat. It had to be an application. It had to be ii
{applications because I signed all kinds of papers. iw
{ Q Do you know that for a fact as you sit here fQ I
gtoday that it was actually applying for a job so that ?$
you would go through an interview process and be hired? M
j A Yeah. I went through all that, yeah. {E
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=`with George Estrada before you were hired to work for in i
=Public Facilities, for instance? QI 1
I A Yeah, yeah. I went through the process and j{ E
-then they assigned me to Estrada, who then told me, mi K
i"Cecil, I'm sorry. I'll get back with you in a couple K
Q¤f days. I got to get a hold of the mayor." W
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i Q But my question was, did George Estrada do an
interview of you to determine whether or not he was
I going to hire you for a position?
Q A Oh, yeah. He told me that, "Cecil, I'm going rn I
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.5 Q Before George Estrada told you what you were ¥w E
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égot that far, did you go in and say, "I'm looking for a gf
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{interview for it?" Did you ever do that? iw [
; A It wasn't done that way. ij
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T A It wasn't done that way. I never knew it was IE
édone that way. I was always sent to a department and I jj
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Q And would it be fair to say that you're a very Q
active political person? A I
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I Q You work a lot for the democratic party —- M
5 A Big time. W
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I. A That's right. MI
i. Q You campaign for a lot of people? wwI I
I- A A11 of them. ll I
Q And YOU get a ]_Oi; Of votes f0];‘ the p&Op].€? I
A T11at·s right. I
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Iyou sometimes ask favors? !I I
I A Oh, no doubt. No doubt. No doubt. No doubt. 1I I
I Q And, in fact, one of the favors that you asked iw I
Efor, which would be the most recent, was your position IM
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I A That's right. I supported the mayor, John iw I
;F&brizi for mayor, and I campaigned for him. iw
I Q Do you know whether or not the position that H
LYON have now is a union position? H I
I A Yes. JN I
Q And what 'L,1I‘1j.OD. do YOU COITIQ L11'}.d€I`?
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