Comments on: Good News Or Bad News http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/08/good-news-or-bad-news/ Political news in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York state. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary Richardson http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/08/good-news-or-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-27092 Mary Richardson Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:20:58 +0000 http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/08/good-news-or-bad-news/#comment-27092 With most (but not all) of these offenses, revenue is the primary concern. "Safety" is really secondary. Nobody is any safer because people going a few miles over the speed limit are ticketed. And to they keep stats on how many violations were not issued because the driver was a cop, or a friend or relative of a cop? Of course not. That's just a "courtesy," not a double standard. With most (but not all) of these offenses, revenue is the primary concern. “Safety” is really secondary. Nobody is any safer because people going a few miles over the speed limit are ticketed.

And to they keep stats on how many violations were not issued because the driver was a cop, or a friend or relative of a cop? Of course not. That’s just a “courtesy,” not a double standard.

]]> By: ed http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/08/good-news-or-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-27082 ed Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/01/08/good-news-or-bad-news/#comment-27082 Right. They might have saved a few more lives if they weren't spending so much time flying around with state politicians on fundraising jaunts disguised as official business. Right. They might have saved a few more lives if they weren’t spending so much time flying around with state politicians on fundraising jaunts disguised as official business.

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