Comments on: Local agencies receive $1.4 million for DUI, traffic enforcement http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/ Your Sonoma County Politics Site Mon, 20 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Stubblebine http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-712059 David Stubblebine Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:09:09 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-712059 @Snarky: There’s an article in today’s paper that a Penngrove man got 10 years for child abuse. Last week another article said a Rohnert Park man went to prison for embezzlement. Using the logic you seem unable to abandon, ALL people in Penngrove must be child abusers and ALL people in Rohnert Park must be embezzlers. In fact, SOME cops are crooked, just like SOME Penngrove residents are child abusers and SOME Rohnert Park residents are embezzlers. Your effort to smear ALL police based on a few very isolated (but indefensible) cases grows weary.

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]]> By: Snarky http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-710807 Snarky Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:10:12 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-710807 “”US Justice Launches Probe Into Albuquerque Police

RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press
Updated Tuesday, November 27, 2012

“”ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department plans a thorough investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department after a string of officer-involved shootings and a number of high-profile abuse cases alleging the use of excessive and deadly force.”"
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This just adds to the list of police departments across the USA that are being investigated for criminal misconduct.
i.e. Oakland, CA is another as well as Los Angeles County Jail staff. And, I believe that the Seattle, Washington police dept has also just found itself under criminal investigation.

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]]> By: Que Sera http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-710462 Que Sera Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:21:13 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-710462 Once again the Obama Admin. finds not problem using public money and federal debt to pay off the law enforcement union members in California.

The state is in debt beyond its ability to repay and hasnt the money to give grants to anyone or anything.

Is it any wonder why America is failing?

The dem motto seems to be never put off ’til tomorrow spending public that can be spent today.

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]]> By: Snarky http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-710415 Snarky Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:43:11 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-710415 Kris Kringle is clearly confused.

He actually names the media for part of his heartburn and names sobriety police checkpoints for another heartburn.

Yet he blames the Christmas season ???

Not logical at all.

Personally, the drunk driving “checkpoints” are a bother… but not as much as cops actually robbing banks as the one just being prosecuted in San Francisco. Google the story.

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]]> By: Brad http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-710414 Brad Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:41:46 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-710414 It’s nice to see that a state that is going broke can still hand out the tax payor’s money. I would think that all the money that is squeezed out of the drivers that get busted for a DUI would be enough to support the legal industry and all their collection goons.

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]]> By: Snarky http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-710021 Snarky Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:33:29 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-710021 DUI’s ????????

What about the cops robbing the banks ?

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/26/5011814/sf-deputy-pleads-not-guilty-to.html

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]]> By: Dan J Drummond http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-709821 Dan J Drummond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:04:26 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-709821 To help Sonoma County probation officers keep a closer watch on REPEAT DRUNKEN DRIVERS, I hope they requested a grant to outfit the offenders with remote alcohol testing devices that incorporate GPS tracking. They could use GPS software to send an alarm if road weaving is detected or if they go into a place that sells alcohol.

Good use of tax dollars = thumbs-up
Waste of tax dollars = thumbs-down

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]]> By: Reality Check http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-709754 Reality Check Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:55:19 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-709754 Let me see, we all pay a federal gas tax at the pump. The money heads off to Washington where some of it is divvied up and sent back to the states, and then cities and counties employ grant writers to apply to get some of the money returned to where it was originally collected.

Anyone think this is an efficient way for government to pay for anything?

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]]> By: James Bennett http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-709741 James Bennett Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:40:43 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-709741 Incrementally acclimating the citizens to a police state brand of civil governance.

You combine broad tyrannical definition of “terrorist” with softening us up to the notion of “unannounced home searches” and you get the picture.

Not a pretty picture.

Oppression never is.

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]]> By: Kris Kringle http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/11/county/local-agencies-receive-1-4-million-in-grants-for-dui-traffic-enforcement/#comment-709736 Kris Kringle Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:24:28 +0000 http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/?p=24383#comment-709736 Between being castigated in the media for insufficient spending on Black Friday and sobriety checkpoints, I’ve about had it with Christmas.

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