Ok i've read some pretty dump posts in my life but most of the ones up above top the list. How many of you have been pulled over for speeding (that's breaking the law) and haven't gotten a ticket? The law says if you speed the fine is a ticket, but how come the police office has the power to let you off with a warning? Law enforcement officials have within their discretion which cases need to be prosecuted and which ones are just a waste of time. Almost every person who has ever climbed behind the wheel of a car is guilty of speeding, whether its one mile over the limit or twenty. Of course we all think it would be stupid to write ticket to a person for going one mile an hour over the speed limit, but none the less it is still breaking the law when you violate the posted speed limit. But who is going to write a ticket and what attorney is going to prosecute it? And why would they not prosecute it? Because the violation is trivial and has no impact on anything. The same can be said of this guy spending extra money. It didn't influence anything and he never got elected. Prosecuting him for spending an extra thousand is stupid. It's a waste of time and money and no public good is derived from it other than appeasing some stuborn egos. I feel if he gets prosecuted the bigger crime is the waste of tax payer dollars used to presecute him and the city attorney and the city council should be brought up on charges for missappropriation of city dollars.
Sooooo the city has already wasted about a grand just discussing prosecuting him and then the city attorney is going to wast about 5,000 to prosecute him and they will find him guilty after wasting both time and money and he will pay court fees and penalties that will amount to the amount of money wasted on prosecuting him. I can't believe they voted 6 to 0 in favor of prosecuting him. Insn't there a budget issue with the city? Why are we wasting valuable resources prosecuting a non-violent crime? He spent $1,500 of his own money not to get elected, that should be punishment enough. So what's the point? To send a “message” to anyone who thinks about running for public office? What about all of the “in-kind” money that was spent? A person volunteers to canvas a neighborhood to drop pamphlets. Their time is worth about $15 per hour. Is that reported as money spent? Just because it isn't green and made out of paper doesn't mean that it doesn't have value. Should everyone who ran have to account for the time people spent? Sounds stupid doesn't it? Almost as stupid as the city wasting time and money to follow through on prosecuting a person who didn't win. I agree, it's like shooting a dead horse.
This has to be the dumbest decision I've ever seen come out of the city. Thanks for wasting tax payer dollars!
Ever try to get seen by your dentist without your payment made in full before the visit? Go to your local doctor and they bill you. You can go spend 30 mintues getting a tooth exctracted at the dentist and its 200 bucks. If you go and get a root canal you are their for 45 minutes and it costs 800 bucks. What's up with that? And how come the people who clean your teeth make 40 bucks an hour? They scratch on your teeth with a metal pick and make your gums bleed. How hard is that? Do you even have to go to school for that?
It really boils down to a monopoly. Dentists can charge what they want and you have to take the price. They all charge very similar prices because they know what the other guy is charging. It's not like you can go someplace else to get services for cheaper.
So how come they can build a 32,000 square foot medical building for $7 million but the new hospital that is only twice as big costs 42 million? (that is six times as much for a building only twice as big?) Way to ask the tough questions Daily Press!
What YOU do with YOUR own children is entirely different than what YOU do with OTHER people's kids. Letting YOUR kids drink in front of YOU in your own home is one thing, but if you knowingly let OTHER people's kids drink in YOUR home and something happens to that child YOU should be completely liable for the actions and outcomes of that child and any biproducts that may occur from that drinking. This is pure common sense! Anyone who doesn't follow this simiple logic must be either stupid, or just plain dumb!
Of course Sherriff Wall isn't going to give up 10% of his pay –— that would cut into his beer money and make it harder to pay for his legal council!! Way to come across at a J@x@$$ again Mr. Wall. You shouldn't even still be in your position, you should have gone to jail you creepy bum!
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Ok i've read some pretty dump posts in my life but most of the ones up above top the list. How many of you have been pulled over for speeding (that's breaking the law) and haven't gotten a ticket? The law says if you speed the fine is a ticket, but how come the police office has the power to let you off with a warning? Law enforcement officials have within their discretion which cases need to be prosecuted and which ones are just a waste of time. Almost every person who has ever climbed behind the wheel of a car is guilty of speeding, whether its one mile over the limit or twenty. Of course we all think it would be stupid to write ticket to a person for going one mile an hour over the speed limit, but none the less it is still breaking the law when you violate the posted speed limit. But who is going to write a ticket and what attorney is going to prosecute it? And why would they not prosecute it? Because the violation is trivial and has no impact on anything. The same can be said of this guy spending extra money. It didn't influence anything and he never got elected. Prosecuting him for spending an extra thousand is stupid. It's a waste of time and money and no public good is derived from it other than appeasing some stuborn egos. I feel if he gets prosecuted the bigger crime is the waste of tax payer dollars used to presecute him and the city attorney and the city council should be brought up on charges for missappropriation of city dollars.
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Sooooo the city has already wasted about a grand just discussing prosecuting him and then the city attorney is going to wast about 5,000 to prosecute him and they will find him guilty after wasting both time and money and he will pay court fees and penalties that will amount to the amount of money wasted on prosecuting him. I can't believe they voted 6 to 0 in favor of prosecuting him. Insn't there a budget issue with the city? Why are we wasting valuable resources prosecuting a non-violent crime? He spent $1,500 of his own money not to get elected, that should be punishment enough. So what's the point? To send a “message” to anyone who thinks about running for public office? What about all of the “in-kind” money that was spent? A person volunteers to canvas a neighborhood to drop pamphlets. Their time is worth about $15 per hour. Is that reported as money spent? Just because it isn't green and made out of paper doesn't mean that it doesn't have value. Should everyone who ran have to account for the time people spent? Sounds stupid doesn't it? Almost as stupid as the city wasting time and money to follow through on prosecuting a person who didn't win. I agree, it's like shooting a dead horse.
This has to be the dumbest decision I've ever seen come out of the city. Thanks for wasting tax payer dollars!
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I saw five beavers dead on the highway yesteday between here and Steamboat. I don't think we have an endangered population in this area.
7 May 2009
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What? Drugs in Donsaur? Is Moffat County Social Services getting their usual cut?
4 May 2009
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how many billions are being wasted on this?
3 May 2009
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Yet another question our press doesn't ask granny!
2 May 2009
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Most dentists are only open 7 hours a day and work only four days per week, but they make more than most doctors (see the link below).
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Ever try to get seen by your dentist without your payment made in full before the visit? Go to your local doctor and they bill you. You can go spend 30 mintues getting a tooth exctracted at the dentist and its 200 bucks. If you go and get a root canal you are their for 45 minutes and it costs 800 bucks. What's up with that? And how come the people who clean your teeth make 40 bucks an hour? They scratch on your teeth with a metal pick and make your gums bleed. How hard is that? Do you even have to go to school for that?
It really boils down to a monopoly. Dentists can charge what they want and you have to take the price. They all charge very similar prices because they know what the other guy is charging. It's not like you can go someplace else to get services for cheaper.
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So how come they can build a 32,000 square foot medical building for $7 million but the new hospital that is only twice as big costs 42 million? (that is six times as much for a building only twice as big?) Way to ask the tough questions Daily Press!
25 April 2009
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What YOU do with YOUR own children is entirely different than what YOU do with OTHER people's kids. Letting YOUR kids drink in front of YOU in your own home is one thing, but if you knowingly let OTHER people's kids drink in YOUR home and something happens to that child YOU should be completely liable for the actions and outcomes of that child and any biproducts that may occur from that drinking. This is pure common sense! Anyone who doesn't follow this simiple logic must be either stupid, or just plain dumb!
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Of course Sherriff Wall isn't going to give up 10% of his pay –— that would cut into his beer money and make it harder to pay for his legal council!! Way to come across at a J@x@$$ again Mr. Wall. You shouldn't even still be in your position, you should have gone to jail you creepy bum!