tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5120881507565618920..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Criminal court fees skyrocketing as funds are diverted to non-court usesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84906204215259017582012-03-11T11:16:01.119-05:002012-03-11T11:16:01.119-05:00i have a friend who's kid is in jail in greenv...i have a friend who's kid is in jail in greenville county and the amount of the commissary he asks his dad for are astounding! $100 twice a week is the regular request; plus he's hitting grandmother up for as much as he can get. i don't know if they are not providing the inmates enough, or if he's using guilt to milk his family?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21817279191650635172012-03-08T06:01:25.705-06:002012-03-08T06:01:25.705-06:00Reminds me of the $3120.00 that I gave the state i...Reminds me of the $3120.00 that I gave the state in the SCAM called "Driver Responsibility Fee". Did my money go to it's intended use? Of course NOT! I probably helped pay for those sleek and beautiful black boats that will be patrolling the border lakes. What a tremendous waste of $$$$.Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47080837541451775612012-03-06T21:26:45.450-06:002012-03-06T21:26:45.450-06:00Whitmire no doubt voted for every one of these div...Whitmire no doubt voted for every one of these diversions...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56718452741669170232012-03-05T18:27:39.009-06:002012-03-05T18:27:39.009-06:00Don't do the crime and you won't have to w...Don't do the crime and you won't have to worry about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26010473266329753082012-03-05T18:27:16.364-06:002012-03-05T18:27:16.364-06:00Don't do the crime and you won't have to w...Don't do the crime and you won't have to worry about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75843470654922144332012-03-05T13:15:32.923-06:002012-03-05T13:15:32.923-06:00Wonder how many people will end up be re-arrested ...Wonder how many people will end up be re-arrested and put further into the system with the new "scoff" law going into effect.<br /><br />If you can't afford to pay, counties are going to help you out by witholding your vehicle registration. If you are having trouble paying now, somehow taking your vehicle out of commission is going to make you better able to pay your fees.<br /><br />Granted people break the law and have to make retribution to society but this sort of stuff just turns the stomach. Honestly, the lege needs to reform and curtail these frivilous fees. It sets offenders up for failure and encourages wastefu spending from the people receiving the money.Going to farnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47958800597720310812012-03-05T11:48:05.694-06:002012-03-05T11:48:05.694-06:00There are thousands if not millions of offenders o...There are thousands if not millions of offenders ordered to pay the DNA fee that never have the DNA kit administered to them. Isn't it illegal to collect these fee unless a direct cost is incurred by that offender? <br /><br />This fuels wasteful government expansion that is NOT based on need. "Oh gee, we can get more money so we gots to figure out a way to spend it."<br /><br />Add to that pile of revenue commissary profits and profits from forcing inmates to manufacture goods and services for the private marketplace, you are looking at an ungodly amount of money unknown to the public.<br /><br />Fees and commissary are the two primary methods of spending money without any checks & balances or accountability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67873371298718521482012-03-05T04:53:20.469-06:002012-03-05T04:53:20.469-06:00This is not surprising.
Voters hate tax increase...This is not surprising. <br /><br />Voters hate tax increases but they like public services. As a result, politicians are forced to get increasingly creative (and at times predatory) with regard to extracting fees from the masses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10403943040281564942012-03-05T02:02:48.708-06:002012-03-05T02:02:48.708-06:00seems to me every time they take funds from a coll...seems to me every time they take funds from a collection LEGALLY required to pay for something else...They have comited THEFT and FRAUD and should be ARRESTED!rodmsithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84652539898039178562012-03-04T14:42:34.386-06:002012-03-04T14:42:34.386-06:00See my comment about the "Cowboy Tuff State o...See my comment about the "Cowboy Tuff State of Texus Warrant Roundup and Rodeo"Leenoreply@blogger.com