Check out ECSOWatch.com for the first Escalade that was seized, but I finally got a glimpse of the newer one sitting out front of 300 S. Jackson:
Kinda makes you sick to know that a mere drug crime was a pretext for stealing someone's car. It's legalized auto theft, pure and simple...
Joey,
ResponderEliminartell me you're kidding...
...this rule has been in effect for years.
It was part of the DETERANT and PENALTY in the law for being caught with or dealing drugs.
Explain what you mean by "a mere drug crime".
By your own admission, *its a crime* with punishment, fines and restitution involved.
What you're saying seems a kin to saying that someone that's been busted for DWI shouldn't loose his/her liscence and the ability to drive a car.
Hopefully, you don't believe that do you?
This isn't legalized auto theft...it's property forfeiture and if you know your torah you'll see that it's a scriptural law as well. While drug posession isn't specifically mentioned, it is covered when it comes to penalty and compensation. And yes, the New Testament covers things like this as well.
just curious...
I simply don't think people who can't pay their property taxes should get their homes sold on the courthouse steps. Is that "property forfeiture" too? That's wrong.
ResponderEliminarI just don't think victimless crimes should result in cops seizing people's cars, property, etc. DWIs are different stories, because that is a literal public safety issue. No one is harmed by smoking a joint or rolling down I-35 with blocks of marijuana in the backseat, at least not to the tun of the billions and billions we spend annually on fighting the war on drugs.
Do you know what the crime was? These days, 'drug crime' could mean almost anything where drugs were involved.
ResponderEliminarKnow I am curious, Chuck Beatty our so called Councilman for Waxahachie is picked up for both dwi and drugs in the car and not a one of the Officials are asking Chuck to step down or confiscate his vehicle is this not a sick county or what.
ResponderEliminarKen,
ResponderEliminar...IT'S ALL SORTS O' WRONG 'AINT IT?!@#$%^&*.
At least the hi-priced (pun intended) lawyer must have cost him dearly, whether politically or financially.
Where's the code of ethics on these city councilman?
Don't they take an oath?
Doesn't the mayor and other city council members have a duty to the people that they represent to remove this person if they violate this code?
Why hasn't the council began the process of removal?
The mayor and council are responsible to maintain a level of "Integrity" that is part of their code of conduct so that the citizens of Waxachie can have faith in their representative government.
Where are the citizens of Waxachie and why aren't they calling for his removal?
Or are they?...
Can we all say OLIGARCHY in unison...
I suppose my point was 'devil in the details'. Under what circumstances was this vehicle seized? Just calling it drug related doesn't cut it. Especially with the hype that the government uses to put all illegal drug offenses into one basket that they can label as bad.
ResponderEliminarI would like to see a disconnection between those arresting/prosecuting and a monetary reward in the form of seizures. It just looks like a situation ripe for abuse.
I do agree, it is a minority that is usually responsible for abuse. As with any industry, it is up to the honest to compensate for the minority. If they can't or won't , then the broad brush smears everyone.
Details, details.
charlotted maybe you should look at the police reports and follow the local newspapers as you say i might be right i might be wrong but the facts are stated from the arressting officer not me, and the media. And color did not come into play with me until people bring it up. As far as having someone that has an abuse problem i do not want them making my decisions and this is not Chucks first go around with theng to drugs and alcohol. When you bring up the word Hatred that is coming from you not me chuck needs not only help but to step down
ResponderEliminarSounds to me like, all you folks are sayin' is...
ResponderEliminarFollow the money...
Not the law!
charlotted,
ResponderEliminarYou speak of justice when it comes to property taxes, and while I agree that property taxes are WAY TOO HIGH, they are a part of the property owner experience.
Have been for years and I have always, as have most folks, expected them to be there.
We as citizens need to look to the *REAL* problem of local spending when it comes to property taxes.
If the government doesn't get the money with property taxes, they'll steal, I mean get the cash some where else.
The taxing entity then passes the injustice on to someone else?
Where's the justice in that?
The injustice is with government spending, not with property taxes.
By you're own words, it's a bill and it's come due and we all adjust our spending to account for it.
As an example...
Look at the mortgage and credit card defaults happening all around the U.S.
These folks have been made into a class of martyrs.
WHY?
We as taxpayers are paying their freight when *we the people* have to bail out their debt.
Interest rates or mortgages that are UNJUST (there's that word again) and should be illegal.
But wait, no-one made them sign up for this card or that mortgage. They did it on their own, and if you don't read the fine print...
well, who's fault is that?
Yeah, it's way too complicated to understand you say...
then get a lawyer or just don't do it.
If you're signing up for that kind of debt that could come back to break you financially, shouldn't you do your research. If you're too lazy or trusting check up on some entity that is well known to operate like a loan shark then why should *we the people* pay for your debt.
We're supposed to be responsible adults and pass good examples on to our children when it comes to managing the resources that the Good Lord has given us.
Not paying bills(legal debts) that have come due is not responsible, no matter how just you believe your reasons are...
Let say for example...
some smooth talking con artist sells you a 60" plasma HD TV with a home theatre system out of the back of his pickup for $200 cash and later you find out that it's stolen and the cop's come to take it and you away. Who's fault is it?
You say I'd never do something that stupid!!!
We typically say "they deserve what they got for being so dumb"
You don't get something for nothing...
If it's too good to be true...
you get my point.
Experience teaches us otherwise.
Yet how come when folks do the very same thing when it comes to property taxes or mortgages or credit card debt, they get a martyrs pass?
Where's the justice in that?