All to save money in Topeka, Kansas

[Oerets]

Topeka Kansas Domestic violence law repealed to save money mess. But is now back due to public outcry for now!

WTF! is that what it took not common sense .......

" It started when Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced that a 10 percent budget cut would force him to end his office’s prosecution of misdemeanor cases, almost half of which last year were domestic battery cases."

"Advocates against domestic violence said the spat was less about budget concerns and more about misplaced priorities. There is currently an item in the Shawnee County budget, for example, that doles out $200,000 for golf course irrigation, which is close to the entire amount that the district attorney is requesting to be able to continue to prosecute misdemeanors."





What cases are brought up to trail are going to be prosecuted by 2nd year law students with a temporary license to boot!







http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...stic-violence/


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1007357.html

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/1...-repealed.html





Barney

[Bigerik]

They know the cost of everything and the value of nothing..

[finnbow]

This might be one of those "Washington Monument" tricks. Namely, whenever the National Park Service is threatened with a budget cut, the first thing they say they'll need to do is to close the Washington Monument. It's all about making such budget cuts too difficult for the politicians. Maybe not in Kansas, however. Dem folks be crazy.

[simi]

Here's a novel idea... pull the pot laws.. collect taxes from that, AND, I'm sure the domestic violence numbers would go way down too. Solves all your problems with money to prosecute a LOT of misdemeanor cases..

Far be it for a politician to give that idea a whirl though...

[merrylander]

Just as the Volstead Act in 1917 brought on prohibition of alcohol so the prohibition of drugs is taking its toll.

The 1917 prohibition left the government in a financial bind - no more alcohol taxes.

Since everyone disobeyed the law they started loosing respect for the law and police.

It also funded and founded organized crime.

About the only beneficiaries were the rum runners, oh and it did start Seagrams Co.

So how about the war on drugs;

Lots of people use marijuana and so break the law - same effect as before.

Police were give no knock warrants but refuse to divulge the source of their tip-off, trashing the Sixth Amendment, breaking in your door already trashed the Fourth.

Since the police get to keep all your worldly goods they have been known to plant drugs.

Address errors have been made and innocent people killed.

It funds the drug lords in Mexico but denies the government revenue on legal sale.

The only other benificiaries are the privately owned prisons.

Drug users rarely have gainful employment and so commit crime to finance theiir habit.

We could stop the so called war on drugs and the savings would be enought to rehabilitate those that want it and still have billions left over.

You would think after 1917 to 1933 we might just have learned summat, but no still dumb as a post.

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Just as the Volstead Act in 1917 brought on prohibition of alcohol so the prohibition of drugs is taking its toll.

The 1917 prohibition left the government in a financial bind - no more alcohol taxes.

Since everyone disobeyed the law they started loosing respect for the law and police.

It also funded and founded organized crime.

About the only beneficiaries were the rum runners, oh and it did start Seagrams Co.

So how about the war on drugs;

Lots of people use marijuana and so break the law - same effect as before.

Police were give no knock warrants but refuse to divulge the source of their tip-off, trashing the Sixth Amendment, breaking in your door already trashed the Fourth.

Since the police get to keep all your worldly goods they have been known to plant drugs.

Address errors have been made and innocent people killed.

It funds the drug lords in Mexico but denies the government revenue on legal sale.

The only other benificiaries are the privately owned prisons.

Drug users rarely have gainful employment and so commit crime to finance theiir habit.

We could stop the so called war on drugs and the savings would be enought to rehabilitate those that want it and still have billions left over.

You would think after 1917 to 1933 we might just have learned summat, but no still dumb as a post.

I agree 100 %

[Twodogs]

BTW, Topeka is about 40 minutes from my home. Last night when the news of this was on the TV, I told my wife she'd better straighten up, or we would be taking a ride to Topeka. She said; "Let's go MF'er, and grabbed her purse which I know has a .357 in it. We stayed home.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

This might be one of those "Washington Monument" tricks. Namely, whenever the National Park Service is threatened with a budget cut, the first thing they say they'll need to do is to close the Washington Monument. It's all about making such budget cuts too difficult for the politicians. Maybe not in Kansas, however. Dem folks be crazy.

That's what it sounds like to me.

Chas

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Just as the Volstead Act in 1917 brought on prohibition of alcohol so the prohibition of drugs is taking its toll.

The 1917 prohibition left the government in a financial bind - no more alcohol taxes.

Since everyone disobeyed the law they started loosing respect for the law and police.

It also funded and founded organized crime.

About the only beneficiaries were the rum runners, oh and it did start Seagrams Co.

So how about the war on drugs;

Lots of people use marijuana and so break the law - same effect as before.

Police were give no knock warrants but refuse to divulge the source of their tip-off, trashing the Sixth Amendment, breaking in your door already trashed the Fourth.

Since the police get to keep all your worldly goods they have been known to plant drugs.

Address errors have been made and innocent people killed.

It funds the drug lords in Mexico but denies the government revenue on legal sale.

The only other benificiaries are the privately owned prisons.

Drug users rarely have gainful employment and so commit crime to finance theiir habit.

We could stop the so called war on drugs and the savings would be enought to rehabilitate those that want it and still have billions left over.

You would think after 1917 to 1933 we might just have learned summat, but no still dumb as a post.

You are about 99% correct Merry...where you failed was to say "drug users rarely have gainful employment" This is absurd and ignorant. Why just the core group of friends I had back years ago as a kid were not only gainfully employed beyond beliefe but they were the folks that designed such things as the F-15 fighter jet amongst many others. And these folks sure knew how to party and had the money to do it.

There are so many working "users" out there. What you said was the myth that purpetuates the silly laws.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

BTW, Topeka is about 40 minutes from my home. Last night when the news of this was on the TV, I told my wife she'd better straighten up, or we would be taking a ride to Topeka. She said; "Let's go MF'er, and grabbed her purse which I know has a .357 in it. We stayed home.

Beautiful.