"I don't think anyone suggests that we shirk our social responsibility. What it is however is an overload on the city. More importantly, many of these services start shipping clients into the facilities. It is one thing to take care of your own town's problem, and even pick up some of the outside area's problems, but it is another to become a dumping ground."
Doesn't this issue owe its existence to the colossal failure of our courts, policing and system of incarceration? In almost every instance the courts exist to tax those caught breaking any one of an ever growing list of societal taboos; everything from child predation to the nickel and diming of parking meters, speed traps, drinking and driving, which now includes operating a bicycle and ever more ludicrous acts which share one thing in common. How much money can judge and prosecutor extract from the fool before them? Clearly this has proven profitable for government treasuries but at an ever growing cost of greater disrespect for the courts. NIMBY is part of this but the greater problem is the failure of sentencing to address the ill health of those caught; shipping them further down the road is akin to sticking your head more deeply in the sand. Why not insist government clean its own house and deal with societal problems? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
