<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Possibly not; however, even though I don't have children myself, I'd prefer not to take the chance. Anyhow, if someone hasn't been paying their traffic fines or they're guilty of "failure to appear," that would indicate to me that while they might not be in the same category as an ax murderer, they're still not exactly candidates for "citizen of the year." JMO, of course. <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true" contenteditable="false"></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Lou King <lking@knob.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> "towntalk@riverdale-park.org" <towntalk@riverdale-park.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, August 17, 2013 5:52 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RP TownTalk] Litter Pickup<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=y_msg_container><BR>No James I did not miss, what I guessed was your point. I do strongly <BR>disagree with the perceived danger.<BR><BR>In this day and age, if I understand correctly, work details like litter <BR>pickup are a coveted perk, as apposed to the "39 links of chain around <BR>my leg" era of the old south where the work gang was a part of the <BR>definition of "years at hard labor." I remember in the '60s when <BR>traveling, seeing chain gangs with guards holding shotguns and rifles. <BR>That was a different thing.<BR><BR>We have evolved. Volunteering for such "outside" work details by <BR>selected, non-violent, offenders counts as good behavior and may shorten <BR>their sentence, thus it is a desired assignment, not life threatening. <BR>To say nothing the emotional lift from not being "inside."<BR><BR>Although I agree the though process of someone being held by the <BR>Department of Corrections may be questioned, do you
really think someone <BR>with a sentence counted in days in a County facility, for not paying <BR>traffic fines or "failure to appear" would risk years in a State or <BR>Federal facility by even talking to a child?<BR><BR>Lou<BR>O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop HTML mail - www.asciiribbon.org<BR><BR>James D. Holmes wrote, On 8/17/2013 12:08 PM:<BR>> Lou<BR>><BR>> You are missing the point.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk mailing list<BR>To post to the list, send mail to <A href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" ymailto="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</A><BR><A href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org" ymailto="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</A> is for automated subscription processing only<BR><A href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk"
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