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Great Kills Park photo by Andy Cross.

Reason number 32,643 to love Barack Obama—one of his Recovery Act-funded jobs is a “community planner” for the Gateway National Recreation Area. That sounds like one of those plum gigs you can only get in, like, San Francisco. But through June 30, you can actually apply for a position paying up to $98,777 a year doing this (and presumably other things) for the National Park Service:

“Become a part of our mission to unite our past, our cultures and our special places, to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations… ” Read the rest of this entry »

From the Recovery Act jobs web site, which currently lists 127 stimulus-funded positions within NYC: Apply to become an “evidence technician” for the Drug Enforcement Agency, for up to $55,689 a year. The gig, which entails “administrative and technical duties associated with receiving, logging, storing, securing, and disposing of seized drug and non-drug evidence,” is accepting applications through Thursday. Interviewees are advised not to brag of of extensive prior knowledge of controlled substances.