There is nothing so broken as a broken bureaucracy.
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 2:59 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have an employee that was supposed to pay a “fee” to his parole officer
> or probation office or some such place.
>
> We have attempted to help him pay.
> They will not take a credit card unless we can prove that he has
> permission from us, which they have refused to believe when we call them.
> They will not give a receipt for a cash payment.
> They will not take a certified check.
> They will take a western union for a $24 surcharge.
>
> And until he gets this paid (with penalties mounting every day) he cannot
> get his driver’s license back.
>
> *From:* Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2018 3:53 PM
> *To:* AFMUG
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT aintcha glad
>
> You know what they say about doing the same thing over and over.
>
> If you don't try doing something different, you may never know what will
> work, and what doesn't
>
> It's clear what they were doing was not working. People would get thrown
> in the slammer for a minor offense, and not be able to post bail right
> away. When they eventually posted bail, they had lost their $7/hour job
> because they didn't show for a few days. Then they couldn't repay the bond.
> Then they would get thrown in jail for not paying that, rinse, repeat.
>
> It ends up being a tax on being poor. Kind of a dumb way to run things.
>
> In fairness, this isn't for every offender. There is a list of criteria
> regarding the degree of the offense, risks to the community, and so on.
>
> It has worked well in some other areas already. CA is not breaking new
> ground here.
>
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>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 2:45 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It will be a really interesting social experiment.  Hope it works as they
>> wish.
>>
>> *From:* Bill Prince
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2018 3:41 PM
>> *To:* AFMUG
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT aintcha glad
>>
>> They are such pillars of their communities.
>>
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>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:23 AM [email protected] <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I read that yesterday. Crazy.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are not a bail bondsman in California...
>>>>
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