Want to do some petty crime? Move to Contra Costa California

[dead0man]

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More at link and no this isn't an article from The Onion.

[Lunar]

[read the whole article]

What.  The. Heck.

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That can't be true.


Here's my FAV part:

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[they don't love you like i love you]

How much pot can you safely carry?

[Lunar]

How much pot can you safely carry?

In Berkeley (neighboring county), it used to be 2.5 lbs with a prescription, but I remember seeing a measure on the '08 ballot to expand that further.  Why any medical patient would need more than $6,000 worth of marijuana at one time, I don't know...

/sidenote

[dead0man]

How much pot can you safely carry?

Without hurting myself?  Maybe 50 or 60lbs in a good backpack/dufflebag.

[Lunar]

How much pot can you safely carry?

Without hurting myself?  Maybe 50 or 60lbs in a good backpack/dufflebag.

You've obviously never tried.  There's no way that even 10lb would fit in a backpack...I mean...a 50lb backpack isn't that hurtful, I used to have backpacks that heavy in highschool with textbooks...

[dead0man]

How much pot can you safely carry?

Without hurting myself?  Maybe 50 or 60lbs in a good backpack/dufflebag.

You've obviously never tried.  There's no way that even 10lb would fit in a backpack

Have you seen how hard they sometimes press pot down to nowadays?  Me either!  But I hear it is amazing and depressing (PUN!).  And I was thinking something along these lines:

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I'm an old man ya see.

[Torie]

How much pot can you safely carry?

In Berkeley (neighboring county), it used to be 2.5 lbs with a prescription, but I remember seeing a measure on the '08 ballot to expand that further.  Why any medical patient would need more than $6,000 worth of marijuana at one time, I don't know...

/sidenote

That is pretty cheap weed. I figure that at $400 an ounce minimum, we are in the neighborhood of around 30K ($400*28.3495*2.5=$28,349). It could be closer to 40K for the "good" stuff.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

The Best Buys in Contra Costa better lock and load.... if you still can in California.

[Smid]

He just realises the crime statistics will go down... if nothing's prosecuted, it can't be counted as a crime.

[Citizen James]

Translation (as I see it):

The excessive budget cuts which have been made to our office make it impossible for us to do our job.  We are essentially going to have to triage which cases to prosecute and which to let go because we don't have the resources to go after all the crooks.

Therefore, we are making this public threat that if you want a district attorney's office you have to pay for it, the courts do not run on magical libertarian pixie dust(TM).  Hopefully you will come to your senses and restore funding.  Otherwise, consider the consequences to be on your head.

[dead0man]

Translation (as I see it):

The excessive budget cuts which have been made to our office make it impossible for us to do our job.  We are essentially going to have to triage which cases to prosecute and which to let go because we don't have the resources to go after all the crooks.

Therefore, we are making this public threat that if you want a district attorney's office you have to pay for it, the courts do not run on magical libertarian pixie dust(TM).  Hopefully you will come to your senses and restore funding.  Otherwise, consider the consequences to be on your head.

You are probably correct.  Still, they should could have come up with a better way than this.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Translation (as I see it):

The excessive budget cuts which have been made to our office make it impossible for us to do our job.  We are essentially going to have to triage which cases to prosecute and which to let go because we don't have the resources to go after all the crooks.

Therefore, we are making this public threat that if you want a district attorney's office you have to pay for it, the courts do not run on magical libertarian pixie dust(TM).  Hopefully you will come to your senses and restore funding.  Otherwise, consider the consequences to be on your head.

You are probably correct.  Still, they should could have come up with a better way than this.

Like what?  Sprinkling the DA's office with magical libertarian pixie dust™?

You can't just get away with "well, they could ahve come up with a better way"

You're right... raise taxes. 

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

California's budget problems are FUBAR. Maybe they should cut some of those 6-digit pensions that some deadwood state employees collect.

Like what?  Sprinkling the DA's office with magical libertarian pixie dust™?

You can't just get away with "well, they could ahve come up with a better way"

You're right... raise taxes. 

Prop. 13 makes it very difficult to raise taxes.

[Lunar]

"very difficult" Jfern?  That's the understatement of the 21st century

[Ban my account ffs!]

California's budget problems are FUBAR. Maybe they should cut some of those 6-digit pensions that some deadwood state employees collect.

Like what?  Sprinkling the DA's office with magical libertarian pixie dust™?

You can't just get away with "well, they could ahve come up with a better way"

You're right... raise taxes. 

Prop. 13 makes it very difficult to raise taxes.

Well, they could do it the "no new taxes" Tim Pawlenty way and just raise fees!  You know.. make middle class families mortgage the house and cash in the college fund to buy license tabs... that'd probably bag a few petty thieves.  And then your local politicians can run on the "I didn't raise taxes!" line.

[dead0man]

Translation (as I see it):

The excessive budget cuts which have been made to our office make it impossible for us to do our job.  We are essentially going to have to triage which cases to prosecute and which to let go because we don't have the resources to go after all the crooks.

Therefore, we are making this public threat that if you want a district attorney's office you have to pay for it, the courts do not run on magical libertarian pixie dust(TM).  Hopefully you will come to your senses and restore funding.  Otherwise, consider the consequences to be on your head.

You are probably correct.  Still, they should could have come up with a better way than this.

Like what?  Sprinkling the DA's office with magical libertarian pixie dust™?

You can't just get away with "well, they could ahve come up with a better way"

You're right... raise taxes. 

Isn't that what they are going to have to do anyway?  Or take away other city services.

Add a subtle jab at something you associate with here.

[Alcon]

You can get away with a lot of scary before misdemeanor assault becomes felony assault in most states.  I don't care what pot they aren't prosecuting, but isn't this going to do a good deal to empower abusive a-holes?  Wife-choking, etc., included

The Best Buys in Contra Costa better lock and load.... if you still can in California.

...but I'm pretty sure organized retail theft is a felony most places, so overpriced Japanese electronics are a-okay

[Bono]

Translation (as I see it):

The excessive budget cuts which have been made to our office make it impossible for us to do our job.  We are essentially going to have to triage which cases to prosecute and which to let go because we don't have the resources to go after all the crooks.

Therefore, we are making this public threat that if you want a district attorney's office you have to pay for it, the courts do not run on magical libertarian pixie dust(TM).  Hopefully you will come to your senses and restore funding.  Otherwise, consider the consequences to be on your head.

Right, because the first the first thing libertarians advocate cutting is the judiciary.

At any rate, this could be solved by allowing private criminal prosecutions. Here in Portugal, there are certain types of very petty crime that the state won't prosecute and you have to do it yourself.