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Man Jailed Over 50-Cent Toll
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| September 15, 2007
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Posted on 09/16/2007 8:15:23 AM PDT by buccaneer81
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I applaud this guy's attitude (but it wasn't worth three days in the slam.)
To: buccaneer81
If he had three days to spare, why not make the statement?
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:18:33 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: buccaneer81
You could say similar things about the Founding Fathers. I for one like the spirit of this man. He is standing on principle not expediency - a rarity these days.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:26:42 AM PDT
by
Sterlis
(My brain is full.....)
To: buccaneer81
I once had a problem of my own with a toll authority in the Northeast. I was mailed a ticket for a toll violation that never occurred (I paid a cash toll and then an accident forced me to drive through an electronic toll lane). When they threatened to double the $25 fine, I paid the fine and then carried out my own act of retribution.
By the time I got it all out of my system a year and a half later (I won't give any details about how I did it), I estimate that I got away with about $500 worth of unpaid tolls.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:27:21 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: buccaneer81
“I applaud this guy’s attitude (but it wasn’t worth three days in the slam.)”
Really?
Well, what is a principle worth now days, Buccaneer?
To: buccaneer81
let me tell you a story about a man named charlie on that tragic and fateful day
he put ten cents in his pocket kissed his wife and family went to ride on the mta.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:29:01 AM PDT
by
Mercat
(85 live and 30 frozen cats. Name of a new rock band?)
To: buccaneer81
let me tell you a story about a man named charlie on that tragic and fateful day
he put ten cents in his pocket kissed his wife and family went to ride on the mta.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:29:04 AM PDT
by
Mercat
(85 live and 30 frozen cats. Name of a new rock band?)
To: buccaneer81
I just get offended by people trying to do me wrong, he said. I understand his willingness to not pay.
Sometimes it just goes too far to sit back and allow the stupidity to continue and pay just for the convenience instead of making the point of government concern for finances outweighing the freedom of honest people.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:29:49 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: buccaneer81
(but it wasn't worth three days in the slam.) By forcing their hand and making them either admit they were wrong or put him in jail he has laid the groundwork to sue. And on this issue I think he should. It is common practice by many government agencies to allow the use of "whatever" by citizens untill it is gone or used up. I am specifically referring to EPA regs regarding fertilizers and pesticides/herbicides. After a reg has something removed from public sale whatever is "out there" is commonly allowed to be used until it is all gone without any set time limit.
This principle alone would be enough to base the suite on but I believe there are other examples that are closer to the guys situation. Also, when the Tokens were sold there was no expiration date. It's not like a bus ticket that is sold with an expiration date and time printed on it.
I think the guy can do it and it sounds like he has the will to get in their face.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:31:34 AM PDT
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: Alberta's Child
"(I won't give any details about how I did it)"
To: TXFireman
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: TLI
“And on this issue I think he should. It is common practice by many government agencies to allow the use of “whatever” by citizens untill it is gone or used up.”
You mean like the US Post Office? Exactly the same issue as raising the price of a first class letter. Your old stamps aren’t good enough any more.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:34:58 AM PDT
by
DugwayDuke
(Support Ron Paul. He's against abortion just like he's against earmarks. Sometimes.)
To: buccaneer81
Monday, a judge told Jensen he could pay a $150 fine, do community service or go to jail for three days. He choose jail. There you go. Make the state pay for you to be in jail. Don't give them one red cent.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:35:21 AM PDT
by
NapkinUser
(Tom Tancredo or Ron Paul in 2008!)
To: buccaneer81
What's really stupid here is that the state of N.H. got $0.25 from the guy (tokens were used in place of quarters and you could buy them at a 50% discount). So for the difference of a quarter, N.H. taxpayers had to pay for this guy's room and board for three days.
I'm so proud of my state, we sure showed him. < /sarcasm >
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:35:52 AM PDT
by
whd23
To: buccaneer81
A law like this gets enforced, as we let illegal aliens overrun our country. Mind boggling.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:36:36 AM PDT
by
wolfman
To: buccaneer81
What the heck is wrong with the trooper making an executive decision (he's an officer, right?) and letting the 68-year old felon off the hook for 50 cents. He already paid the 50 cents, bottom line.
So the trooper arrests him, has the court date, the judge and three-days in the slammer. A lot more than 50 cents.
New Hampshire. Live Free or Die.
To: Sterlis
He is standing on principle not expediency - a rarity these days.Another former New Hampshire resident who stood on principle - Carl Drega.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:37:15 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: TLI
Unfortunately he may have to pay a ‘NH’ lawyer to succeed!
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:37:41 AM PDT
by
CRBDeuce
(an armed society is a polite society)
To: DugwayDuke
Exactly the same issue as raising the price of a first class letter. Your old stamps arent good enough any more. Yes they are. They still have their value. If stamps cost 39 cents and are raised to 41 cents, and you have a bunch of 39-cent stamps, you can buy some 2-cent stamps at the post office and use them with your 39-cent stamps to give you the needed 41-cent postage.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:38:38 AM PDT
by
NapkinUser
(Tom Tancredo or Ron Paul in 2008!)
To: Alberta's Child
THAT sounds like theft of services.
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posted on
09/16/2007 8:38:44 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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