RE: Link

Horay,
mabey we don't need Target afterall!

Hoo Ray for a Free Dang meal!!! I see California is raising our hard earned tax money 10%.....Can you believe it..

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Originally posted by jayzeekayzee:
RE: Link

Horay,
mabey we don't need Target afterall!

Maybe they could help set up a bar program. If your party buys so much in drinks you get a free cab ride coupon good anywhere in Petaluma, you pay extra for service to other towns.

Encourage drinking and dining out with cab rides. "Dinner and a show" how about "drinks and a ride".

Everyone wins on this one.

The police get overtime hours.

The city doesn't have to pay them out of the general fund.

The city, county, and state get extra revenues from citation fees.

The insurance companies get more in policy premiums due to increased points on cited drivers' records.

Increased towing and storage fees for towing companies. Or, they get to keep the proceeds from auctioning-off the majority of towed cars that are never claimed.

One or two drunk drivers have their cars towed and they are arrested.

Several unlicensed, uninsured (and usually illegal) drivers lose their cars permanently.

A bonanza for everyone!

Well, almost everyone.

Now, if the monies were spent for increased patrols instead of dragnet checkpoints that inconvenience hundreds of innocent drivers, I would say, "Go for it!"

I still do not understand how these checkpoints are allowed to continue. Drivers are pulled-over with NO probable cause.

"Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin

Petaluma Observer - here's a good reason for the checkpoints. Remember, driving is a privilege, not a right.


A 26-year-old Geyserville woman driving south on Highway 101 near Healdsburg was killed Friday night when her 2008 Honda Civic was struck by a 1991 Ford Explorer headed north in the southbound lanes, according to the CHP. Crystal Carillo-Martinez was unable to avoid the head-on collision with the Explorer, which was driven by 26-year-old Jose Miguel Botello-Soto of Cloverdale. She died at the scene, officials said.

Botello-Soto was taken by ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. After receiving medical treatment, Botello-Soto was taken to Sonoma County Jail by CHP personnel where he was booked for gross vehicular manslaughter; felony driving under the influence of alcohol, causing death; felony driving the wrong way on a divided highway, causing death; and driving while unlicensed.

More from big brother....

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Originally posted by 5thgen:
Petaluma Observer - here's a good reason for the checkpoints. Remember, driving is a privilege, not a right.

My objection to the checkpoints is in regards to the lack of probable cause in pulling everyone on the road, dragnet-style, through the checkpoint.

I'll repeat my quote from Benjamin Franklin:
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."

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Originally posted by Petaluma Observer:

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Originally posted by 5thgen:
Petaluma Observer - here's a good reason for the checkpoints. Remember, driving is a privilege, not a right.

My objection to the checkpoints is in regards to the lack of probable cause in pulling everyone on the road, dragnet-style, through the checkpoint.

I'll repeat my quote from Benjamin Franklin:
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."

My point exactly. It is the overall safety of the public which the same as why for free speech you can't yell fire in theater, or must go through 'dragnet style' checkpoints to get on a plane or have your bags checked going into a sport's event

Traffic "safety" grant... OH please, you mean traffic "revenue" grant. All this means is more tickets and more money out of hard working taxpayer's pockets.

Ho hum same ole same old.