tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217946445538463621.post4071003249201129697..comments2023-04-17T06:04:48.323-07:00Comments on Star Telegraph: Local Veteran Needs your help!The Star-Telegraphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264937524410354988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217946445538463621.post-64293026087461187182010-11-22T21:18:05.543-08:002010-11-22T21:18:05.543-08:00The city of FW is seventy something MILLION dollar...The city of FW is seventy something MILLION dollars in the red. So much did it cost the city to try this case over a two day period? Consider the salaries for the judge, bailiff/s, "prosecutor" (ala "Nightcourt" quality law school grads, barely, and other city employees sitting around waiting to testify and hear the findings at the end. The city must protect the health and safety of the citizens after all. Good thing all those gas wells and pipelines are perfectly healthy and safe.<br /><br />Cost in staff salary and utilities aren't the only expenses to consider here. The hours that all these city staffers used to teach this damaged American hero a lesson also means that they DID NOT TEND TO OTHER CITY BUSINESSES, THUS CAUSING A BACKLOG ON INVESTIGATING OTHER "CRIMES" AND RUBBERSTAMPING ALL THOSE REVENUE-GENERATING TICKETS HANDED OUT LIKE CANDY ON HALLOWEEN.<br /><br />The Startlegram did not report on this case, but their (ironic!) columnist nmaed "The Watchdog" wrote a whole piece praising an Azle businessman who won his case in small calims court against some valet parkers. The FW Way. <br /><br />Great effort and resources to try an alleged finger-biting, that's FINGER-BITING, charge. I didn't hear what effort, if any, that went into trying those FWPD thugs who brutalized innocent citizens in a local gay bar last year. A dog, even a pit bull breed, can be tamed and reformed. Thuggish police and code enforcement/dog catching officers, not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com