tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8963417615429115501..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Wall Street thinks economic downturn will boost private prison fortunesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45777984600129418212008-03-01T10:23:00.000-06:002008-03-01T10:23:00.000-06:00Let's try this. Bynum says..the project proves tha...Let's try this. Bynum says..the project proves that the partnership with BlackKnight Partners is going to work because, as Bynum said, "We are not going to do the same-old same-old.." (Herald-Democrat, 2/29/08)/<BR/>Why not trying an alternative? Lets eliminate the county judge and others and let Black Knight run te entire system.How about it Drue????????? You are so sucked into Black Knight;it is sickening!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48772982230154133142008-03-01T10:09:00.000-06:002008-03-01T10:09:00.000-06:00Look no further than black knight partners! They'r...Look no further than black knight partners! They're web site says it all! Wake up Grayson County citizens! You are being sold out! Again, look at the black knight partners web site and you will learn a lot. Drue Bynum owes them something; and the citizens of Grayson County will pay the price!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70189098328937412122008-02-25T18:49:00.000-06:002008-02-25T18:49:00.000-06:00Spitting on sidewalks is illegal because it's how ...Spitting on sidewalks is illegal because it's how TB was spread back when fewer people had shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88083022271056184982008-02-25T07:00:00.000-06:002008-02-25T07:00:00.000-06:00Anonymous 9:45 has succinctly nailed it. How many ...Anonymous 9:45 has succinctly nailed it. How many things do Americans want to make offenses worthy of jailing? Even more importantly, <I>why</I> do they want to? When you take a look at some of the kinds of silly laws regarding such petty things like spitting, jaywalking, etc. that still on the books, you realize something very quickly; most of those laws reflect the prejudices and dislikes of a small group of people influential enough to get their prejudices and dislikes enshrined into law. Little more than that. <BR/><BR/>During the economic boom times of the 1980's and 1990's, when the economy was going great guns, nobody gave much thought about what would happen to all the prisons built and staffed back then, largely to house drug offenders, when the bust came. The childish assumption was that a bust wouldn't come. <BR/><BR/>Well, the bust is here, in the form of the recession; the wolf's howling at the front door, and the piper is standing there with him, hand out, demanding his payment for playing so hard all this time. So, what's worth the cost of incarcerating people, now? Murderers, rapists, child molesters, other violence prone crooks, obviously. But what about the rest? Given that we're all going to have to tighten out belts (unless you are a fat-cat lobbyist for an equally fat-cat private prison operator), does locking somebody up for drug possession and low-level dealing make sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67038810464652379012008-02-24T14:37:00.000-06:002008-02-24T14:37:00.000-06:00Keep looking 10:41 there is nothing there but your...Keep looking 10:41 there is nothing there but your hot air!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17396595515231308852008-02-24T10:41:00.000-06:002008-02-24T10:41:00.000-06:00Be interesting to see who contributes to the campa...Be interesting to see who contributes to the campaigns of the county judges and commissioners, or who gets employed by what company.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking at you, Grayson County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67029244829566593932008-02-24T09:45:00.000-06:002008-02-24T09:45:00.000-06:00If Counties give land and other incentives, of cou...If Counties give land and other incentives, of course the private jail "looks" like a savings.<BR/><BR/>Jail alternatives are a lot more cost effective in the long run.<BR/><BR/>The Texas Legislature should think twice and three times before they make anything else a jailable offense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com