tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post553658926528829580..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Reliance on fees left drug courts underfundedGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40436591512271224552009-05-13T08:39:00.000-05:002009-05-13T08:39:00.000-05:00We also have a Drug Court in our jurisdiction and ...We also have a Drug Court in our jurisdiction and have had one for the past four years that relies on the Governor's office for funding. The grant, which was supposed to be funded beginning September 1 of last year, was not funded until January of this year! The grant, because of limitations of collections statewide and the lack of funds from the Feds, has funds available only through June. What a way to run a program which has been successful in the diversion of offenders from the system and shows a highly successful lack of rearrest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14653727139084431302009-05-13T06:35:00.000-05:002009-05-13T06:35:00.000-05:00More proofs of how financially unsustainable the D...More proofs of how financially unsustainable the DrugWar is. The "lock up the dopers and throw away the key!" party's over, the fiscal hangover's just begun after decades of wild spending, the bill has come due, and the tab has run out. Time for some very hard choices to be made, and soon.kaptinemonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70112216600479934332009-05-13T00:30:00.000-05:002009-05-13T00:30:00.000-05:00I saw a bill on today's House Calendar that would ...I saw a bill on today's House Calendar that would hit intoxication manslaughter offenders with an additional $300 charge to cover the cost of planting a memorial sign at the site of the offense.<br /><br />We might just as well bill them every year for the cost of a prayer card and a bouquet of flowers. What a sad joke.Don Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297382689845965952noreply@blogger.com