"James E. Jacobsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think the Governor is absolutely right about charging those arrested
in protests to pay the police costs before being dismissed.
In a time when both City and State governments are besieged with
budget problems and have to do layoffs -in police and fire departments, then
those who want to challenge civil order, and protest the common defense of
the country, necessitating extra police duties -as well as court costs-
should pay those costs.Pamela Taylor responds:
So, in times of plenty it is okay to exercise your right to voice a dissenting opinion, but when the government decides to go to war over the objections of its constituents and to the detriment of the nation's children, and they need some extra moola to pay for it, it then becomes perfectly acceptable to stick it to the country. That is the stupidest idea yet! As far as I am concerned there is no "extra" police duties. All of those duties are part of the original job. They just may not feel like doing them. But then, they should have thought twice about that before signing their contracts and collecting a paycheck.
One reason that the city has budget problems is because they have officers on the force whom are horrible and they have to pay huge lawsuits for thier horrendus actions, and are stupid enough to then retain the bad cops. Two, does the phrase "corporate subsidy" mean anything to you? I think you are getting my drift, so there is no need to go on to three, four, five, etc...
The city and state need to get back to the drawing board on this one because as hard as they try to convince us of this, it won't wash. Thier reasoning is crap.
Pamela Taylor (Tampa)
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