[RP TownTalk] Litter Pickup

[James D. Holmes]

Lou

Base on your rationale, it would be perfectly OK to have a Department of 
Corrections work detail pickup trash at the Riverdale Park Elementary 
School while children are present.  The volunteers would never harm a 
child, for the fear of being incarcerated.

That rationale seems very risky, I am not a gambler, and I would never 
put a child in harms way.

Hopefully other Riverdale Park residents will speak up to protect our 
neighborhood children.


James Holmes



On 8/17/2013 5:52 PM, Lou King wrote:
> No James I did not miss, what I guessed was your point. I do strongly 
> disagree with the perceived danger.
>
> In this day and age, if I understand correctly, work details like 
> litter pickup are a coveted perk, as apposed to the "39 links of chain 
> around my leg" era of the old south where the work gang was a part of 
> the definition of "years at hard labor." I remember in the '60s when 
> traveling, seeing chain gangs with guards holding shotguns and rifles. 
> That was a different thing.
>
> We have evolved.  Volunteering for such "outside" work details by 
> selected, non-violent, offenders counts as good behavior and may 
> shorten their sentence, thus it is a desired assignment, not life 
> threatening. To say nothing the emotional lift from not being "inside."
>
> Although I agree the though process of someone being held by the 
> Department of Corrections may be questioned, do you really think 
> someone with a sentence counted in days in a County facility, for not 
> paying traffic fines or "failure to appear" would risk years in a 
> State or Federal facility by even talking to a child?
>
> Lou
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> James D. Holmes wrote, On 8/17/2013 12:08 PM:
>> Lou
>>
>> You are missing the point.
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