If he had three days to spare, why not make the statement?
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.
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.
Really?
Well, what is a principle worth now days, Buccaneer?
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.
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.
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.
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.
toll ping
There you go. Make the state pay for you to be in jail. Don't give them one red cent.
I'm so proud of my state, we sure showed him. < /sarcasm >
A law like this gets enforced, as we let illegal aliens overrun our country. Mind boggling.
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.
So what’s it cost to send a person to jail for three days? When all aspects are included—court staff, jail staff, paperwork, food, facilities costs, etc—it’s got to be at least ten thousand dollars.
Maybe the guy can take comfort in knowing that they spent ten grand or so on him to teach him to pay his 50 cents to the state.
A friend of mine went to the Brevard county jail in Florida for a week or two. Said it was like camp.
Played gin rumy, read, basketball,chess slept and generally had a pleasant time.
Food was a bit crummy.
With all the toll roads planned for Texas, where no toll roads have gone before, guess we’ll just have a DPS trooper take the guy off to the side of the road and shoot him.
Don’t much matter what we think about toll roads, so why bother with a judge and the expense of feeding the guy in one of our jails? Just shoot em.
That was probably an administrative law judge. They don’t really hold a trial and it has nothing to do with justice. He just stamps officer dick head’s allegation. He should sue the toll authority for conspiracy and theft, and whatever else he can.
The guy did the right thing. He paid for the tokens, and he should be able to use them.
This dude has lots of spunk and cajones. Sign him up and loan him to the Republicans down in Washington!