Have you ever heard that expression, "politics makes for strange bed fellows?"
Yesterday an organization called Taxpayers for Protecting Public Safety held a press conference in the State Capitol to announce that they have filed litigation to stop the State of California from issuing billions of dollars in bonds for prison construction. A perusal of this organization’s website shows that their preferred route of dealing with the state’s prison overcrowding issues are not those to which I would subscribe (new sentencing commission, paroling those on life sentences, yadda yadda).
But looking past the poor public policy direction that this group would like to take in the area of having a penal system that is tough on criminals and protects Californians, I will say that the legal proceedings in which they have engaged seem to be quite meritorious.
**There is more – click the link**
August 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am
It’s always good to see a coalition of many stripes advocating for the rule of law. And saving the taxpayers billions in the process!
August 11th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Isn’t this headline like … “TOM HAYDEN AND S.D.S. AGREE!?”
You don’t want to provide an oversupply of satirical material, Jon.
:)