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I liked what I saw in Eugene
Open a city park and put up port a potties and sanitation stations

I still haven't been to Eugene and I really want to go. The pandemic year I was scheduled to go to a football game in Eugene but obviously it was cancelled. Now that I live on the East coast it is a lot more hassle to get to Eugene. I don't know if I will ever make it there. As I get older, travelling seems to be more of a hassle. When I was young I would jump on a plane and go anywhere for a weekend.

Northwest airlines for a year or two had a program where if you just showed up at the airport on a Friday you could pay $99 and get a roundtrip ticket returning Sunday. It was awesome because you had no idea where you were going until they handed you the ticket. I loved it. Three of the trips I did were Minneapolis, Seattle, and Detroit.

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There's tens of billions of dollars and other junk fees across the economy that I'm directing my administration to reduce or eliminate," Biden said.

Biden added that the Federal Trade Commission had started work on a rule last week to crack down on "unfair and deceptive fees across all industries." He cited processing fees for concert tickets and resort fees at hotels as two items his administration is examining.

Just golfed with two suburban Buffalo area policemen. They said crime being down around here (statistically) is a total joke made up by Democrat politicians. They don’t bother to arrest many criminals because with NY’s anti police pro criminal environment it’s just not worth it. How frustrating it must be to arrest someone for shoplifting multiple times in a month?

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Just golfed with two suburban Buffalo area policemen. They said crime being down around here (statistically) is a total joke made up by Democrat politicians. They don’t bother to arrest many criminals because with NY’s anti police pro criminal environment it’s just not worth it. How frustrating it must be to arrest someone for shoplifting multiple times in a month?

Maybe since the thieves know they are going to keep the products they steal and not pay for them, nor pay the sales tax on them, the feds could do an Al Capone on them and bust them for tax evasion for receiving property and not paying the tax on it?

Quote: SOOPOO

Just golfed with two suburban Buffalo area policemen. They said crime being down around here (statistically) is a total joke made up by Democrat politicians. They don’t bother to arrest many criminals because with NY’s anti police pro criminal environment it’s just not worth it. How frustrating it must be to arrest someone for shoplifting multiple times in a month?

Sounds like they are willfully bad at their jobs and should find a different line of work!!

Quote: ams288

Sounds like they are willfully bad at their jobs and should find a different line of work!!

I agree
Sounds like cops that do a poor job.
A good cop arrests people.
A good cop knows that it is not their job to determine guilt.
A good cop knows that ALL arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by the system
A good cop knows that the system is designed to not imprison most people he arrests but to make sure they show up on their court date and if found guilty, to be punished then.
These cops totally suck.
They should be fired

Quote: terapined

I agree
Sounds like cops that do a poor job.
A good cop arrests people.
A good cop knows that it is not their job to determine guilt.
A good cop knows that ALL arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty by the system
A good cop knows that the system is designed to not imprison most people he arrests but to make sure they show up on their court date and if found guilty, to be punished then.
These cops totally suck.
They should be fired

I sort of agree. I still want them arresting all criminals. But they work in the real world and we yap about them on WoV and DT. It just must be so demoralizing to arrest someone in the commission of a crime and see them the next day committing the same crime. You do realize that for most minor crimes now the criminals just don’t show up to be tried, right?

Quote: SOOPOO

You do realize that for most minor crimes now the criminals just don’t show up to be tried, right?

BS
You do realize that most crimes are pleaded
If you don't want plea deals, spend more money on the court system and prison system.
Without plea deals, the system would totally break down. The wheels of justice turn but everybody knows it's real real slow.
If these cops are demoralized, they need to find another line of work.

Yeah I don’t believe that’s true for most people who aren’t habitual offenders, which is a lot of people. Easy way to go from getting off easy to adding a contempt of court charge and warrant.

Quote: rquiredusername

Yeah I don’t believe that’s true for most people who aren’t habitual offenders, which is a lot of people. Easy way to go from getting off easy to adding a contempt of court charge and warrant.

It would be interesting to know what percent of crimes are committed by habitual offenders. I would guess that number is pretty high but we could never know without all criminals getting caught every time they committed a crime.