"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message
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RBM wrote:
And, when your dealing with people who cheat for a living, any action
you
take that's toothless, is worthless



To add another comment: building inspectors and local officials are
often
in bed with contractors and will ignore all but blatant offenses.
I went through this with county officials - some were good but most
were
bad. This extends through the judicial system. We recently had a ex
county official take a $3 million bribe. She was tried and convicted
and
fined about $300 or the equivalent of a couple of speeding tickets.


To make matters worse, if you're in NY and dealing with a town justice,
he/she may have no legal training. I know this sounds absurd, but here ya
go:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/ny.../25courts.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/ny.../26courts.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/ny.../27courts.html

Might also be this way in other states, but I don't know about that.

I'll be damned. And here I thought "Nothing But Trouble" was a work of
fiction.


I appeared in court here after getting a speeding ticket, and the cop didn't
show up. The justice "lowered" the offense to "failure to obey a traffic
signal", which actually helped me in terms of points (none) and fine (less).
I asked him if the new offense was like running a stop sign. He said yes. I
shut my mouth at that point and paid the fine. But, what kind of nut thinks
running a stop sign is less dangerous than speeding?