Posted on 05/31/2009 11:21:08 AM PDT by atomic_dog
It’s not just California, there is too much government everywhere.
Pay the fine, no one wants to step in your dog's shi*.
A college professor? A dog named Ayers? And he probably sees no connection with being a liberal and the liberal taking of large amounts of property (money) for relatively minor infractions?
? You advocate becoming a lawbreaker over an admittedly unreasonable fine?
Why does anyone who actually works still live in CA? beautiful state but full of lunatics.
Then again, please keep your lunatics, we don’t want them to move here.
I happen to live near Fullerton CA, a city that as a matter of policy uses traffic violations as a major source of revenue. Drive through Fullerton and you will see motorcycle cops all over the place just parked and watching. They tend to park where violations are common and they pick off their victims with ease. Of course I don't drive through Fullerton anymore. I don't go to any of the stores in Fullerton that I used to frequent so it could be that things have changed. I'm sure they've changed for the merchants who now have lower revenue and lower incomes but I doubt if the traffic cops have lowered their revenue raising goals by a dime.
there ya go again, with that sparklin debate technique.
In Chicago, city inspectors are visiting retail outlets two or three times a month- for the sole purpose of finding violations, issuing fines and garnering revenue.
From now until the city and state governments are solvent again, I will be driving about 5 miles an hour under the limit. These taxes are volumtary too.
He was being kind to his dog, keeping him happy. The $245 in fines is nothing compared to what he’d have to pay the doggy psychoanalyst to treat his depressed and neurotic dog. These days people think nothing of dropping a hundred here and a hundred there on doggy treats and doggy care and doggy health insurance and doggy psychiatry.
No?
In a case like that I wouldn't have the *slightest* problem with giving a fake name and address.But before you judge you must remember that I'm from Massachusetts where cops are nothing more than....and nothing less that...armed tax collectors.
I walk my dog every evening on a leash. He still craps. Wonder what's wrong with him?
Have we had enough yet?
I tried that, and it didn't work out too well.
I stole an ID from an illegal immigrant, but when I gave it to the cop, it turns out I had only stolen my own ID back. *<];-')
He’s lucky to not have had his dog impounded permanently.
Are you implying that dogs on a leash don’t crap???
I think a major reason for this kind of thing is that they write tickets and such all day long for people who are not “traceable” - the vast army of illegals - and where the fines are not “collectible”. When they get a hold of someone who hass too much to lose over not paying the fines, they force him to pay 5 other peoples’ fines. It’s easier than actually correcting the pre-existing problem, So, yeah, I’d go along with lying to them whenever possible.
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