There is nothing so broken as a broken bureaucracy.
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bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}comOn 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. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > 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. >> >> -- >> bp >> part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com >> >> >> 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... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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