So I just ran into a coworker from my old job (the county job). Apparently the manager who laughed at me when I requested a second chance in a different dept, tried to get me to resign, and then ultimately fired me left that dept a few months later. He is now basically overseeing the largest dept in the entire agency. Meaning, if I were to grow the balls to reapply and make it to an interview, odds are he'll be there. And even if he didn't interview me, he'd have to approve me getting hired. So... there goes that.