“It is somewhat tough; we all face the same predicament. When I was a kid everyone just went to the mills to work. Things are different with our current economy,” said Supervisor Louis Boitano. Boitano says he hopes a recent push-through of the Amador Economic Stimulus Package will help stimulate jobs in the contracting and development markets by cutting county imposed fees. Although most of the graduating students these days are college-minded, many must pursue jobs immediately after school for a variety of reasons, both financial and academic. According to a local job placement center employee who prefers anonymity, a number of factors have contributed to a limited local job market for Amador’s youth, but local employment is affected by the statewide and nationwide economy as well. In the words of a graduating high school senior named Chris, you have to go find your place in the world.