tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post2943587998959083883..comments2023-04-02T07:30:36.643-04:00Comments on Traumatized By Truth: Egregious Use of State Authority, Right in my Home CityDuWayne Braytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-88953742927855557502007-09-04T10:34:00.000-04:002007-09-04T10:34:00.000-04:00Here's a much more egregious abuse of state author...<A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/26/nbaby126.xml" REL="nofollow">Here's a much more egregious abuse</A> of state authority, although it's not in the USA. Thought you might be interested nonetheless.Icepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-68791603219200537572007-08-31T08:22:00.000-04:002007-08-31T08:22:00.000-04:00Apparently, big box retailers have managed to get ...<I>Apparently, big box retailers have managed to get an exemption from the new ordinance, so their prices won't go up.</I><BR/><BR/>Um...what? Lemme get this straight - not only does this ordinance prescribe an ineffective remedy for an insignificant problem, but then it allows an exemption that offers a safe haven to allow graffiti-minded people a place to buy the paint without being affected Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-59594247529840943762007-08-31T00:12:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:12:00.000-04:00The funds are separate here too. But they all com...The funds are separate here too. But they all come from the same place or places, our pockets. There are a lot better ways to spend the funds, even if they stayed in the police budget. This is a funded mandate though, so the cost of enforcement is coming out of municipal coffers. <BR/><BR/>On top of that, it is a serious inconvenience to the owners of the stores affected. The hardware/paint DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-63294628539696432452007-08-30T23:30:00.000-04:002007-08-30T23:30:00.000-04:00I am speaking from my own community, I know the ci...I am speaking from my own community, I know the city funds and the school funds are separate.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069893764658122257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-73808721771183779352007-08-30T23:13:00.000-04:002007-08-30T23:13:00.000-04:00Actually, the money that the city puts into all of...Actually, the money that the city puts into all of those things, including some of what goes into infrastructure, comes from the same place, income tax and property taxes. It all comes out of the same pot, excepting what comes in from state and federal funds. Even if you eliminate all the other things that the cost of enforcing this could go to, we don't exactly have a hell of a lot to cover DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-3970952225333312672007-08-30T22:14:00.000-04:002007-08-30T22:14:00.000-04:00...I am pretty sure the funding of these things an...<I>...I am pretty sure the funding of these things and law enforcement are from different places.</I><BR/><BR/>Are they truly separate, or are those various funding sources just earmarked for those various uses as a guideline? I suspect it pretty much all goes into the general fund, and then all gets allocated as the politicians see fit.<BR/><BR/>Even if all those funds/uses are kept separate, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-86705319505915317502007-08-30T12:57:00.000-04:002007-08-30T12:57:00.000-04:00It's fine to rant about failing infrastructure and...It's fine to rant about failing infrastructure and public schools, but I am pretty sure the funding of these things and law enforcement are from different places. For example our school funds are totally separate from city funds. Road dollars come from gasoline taxes, so that doesn't get affected by law enforcement usage. While Icepick's comment about effective and meaningful law enforcement isBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069893764658122257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-1612741110105352242007-08-30T11:30:00.000-04:002007-08-30T11:30:00.000-04:00Beth -Kids have started drinking certain kinds of ...Beth -<BR/><BR/>Kids have started drinking certain kinds of hand sanitizer, do we restrict the sale of that too? How about anything, literally anything else that comes in spray can? How about the gasoline that icepick mentions? Or any of a myriad of household cleaners or solvents that are used in construction?<BR/><BR/>But that is not the reason for it. It's all about graffiti. The problem DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-4927335276002780242007-08-30T10:52:00.000-04:002007-08-30T10:52:00.000-04:00This is the kind of thing I was ranting and raving...This is the kind of thing I was ranting and raving about over at Respectful Insolence that day. Why is the government taking on more essentially meaningless tasks instead of correcting problems with basic functions, such as infrastructure maintenance, <B>effective and meaningful</B> law enforcement, and public education?<BR/><BR/>Surely the worst phrase in the English language is "There oughta beIcepickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616554052707230326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-39315460296016710682007-08-30T08:44:00.000-04:002007-08-30T08:44:00.000-04:00Maybe it is to prevent teens from using it for huf...Maybe it is to prevent teens from using it for huffing?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069893764658122257noreply@blogger.com