In the Ga. Legislature, it’s the same as it ever was
The comprehensive ethics reform promised by legislative leaders back in January — reform that would weaken the seductive grip of special-interest lobbyists on our elected leaders — never materialized.
You are no doubt surprised by that fact.
Oh, legislators did pass a bill last week that they labeled “ethics reform.” House Speaker David Ralston, whose staff wrote the bill behind closed doors, would have you believe that the measure accomplishes all it was intended to accomplish. Sadly, that may be true.
“We had to respond to some problems we had in a very forceful way. This bill does that,” Ralston said last week while urging his colleagues to support the bill. “We had to change some of the ways we did business in this House, and we’ve done that. This bill gets it right.”
In reality, the bill changes little in the way the House does business. For example, it places no limit on how much lobbyists can spend courting their friends in elective office. Three-hundred-dollar meals, $200 golf rounds, free tickets to the Masters and other sporting events — it’s all still legal.
The bill also places no restrictions on the revolving door that allows legislators and legislative staff to transition from public employment to lobbying on behalf of special interests.
That’s not to say the bill is useless. Once signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue, the bill will increase the number of disclosure reports that lobbyists must file and also increases financial penalties for those who file late or don’t file at all.
It also requires well-funded candidates for municipal and county offices to disclose contributions and expenses electronically to the state Ethics Commission, which is grandly renamed “The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.”
After harsh criticism, legislators agreed to drop language from an earlier version of the bill that would have let lobbyists pay for meals, lodging and transportation for officials at resort meetings and conventions without disclosing those benefits to voters. According to Ralston, the provision was withdrawn because it was never meant to harm transparency.
That would be easier to buy if House leaders hadn’t replaced that provision with a more subtle loophole that accomplishes much the same thing. Under the bill as passed, legislators and other state officials can be ferried on corporate jets or commercial flights without it being reported as long as the trip is neither arranged by nor includes a lobbyist.
To drive the point home, the bill states explicitly that the “transparency commission” has no power to require additional disclosures.
In an apparent swat at the pesky “do-gooder” contingent at the Capitol, the bill also requires lobbyists for charitable and non-profit organizations to pay the same $300 registration fee as lobbyists for corporations, a step that will surely reduce the number of those advocating for charitable causes.
The bill does set up a process for handling sexual harassment cases within the Legislature. But even there, the bill says the House and Senate ethics committees “may” — not “shall” but “may” — “report suspected violations of law to the appropriate law enforcement authority.”
Had the bill been handled through the normal committee process, such provisions would have invited questions that legislative leaders would not want to answer. That’s why a bill supposedly devoted to transparency was written in secret and passed hastily, without much opportunity for public input.
That in itself is evidence that the larger problem remains.
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Paul
April 27th, 2010
10:39 am
Haven’t found it after a Googly search – anyone know what time Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein testifies before Congress today?
HDB
April 27th, 2010
10:40 am
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April 27th, 2010
10:23 am
Peadawg
Nope, but they are paying for the classes since I work at uga full-time.
Hey….hope the studying went well…..at least I know who to go to for tickets to the “GATOR-GAME” this year!
@ AmVet: “The simple fact that the liberal Republicans will never acknowledge is that middle class American’s pay has not kept up. In adjusted inflation dollars 80% of American workers are making LESS than they did in 1973! Though their productivity has doubled.”
Please explain – where are the LIBERAL Republicans?? Haven’t seen any of them since 1964!!
mm
April 27th, 2010
10:32 am
“idiots.. and even bigger idiots if people vote these morons back in..”
In GA, as long as they are white and republican, they’ll get voted back in.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
10:41 am
Paul – I hear ya … “nope, we promise we won’t leak THIS TIME … pay no attention to all those other leaks in the past” … oy!
me, I’m interested to know the CIA’s reasoning behind monitoring the guy but not telling the Pentagon that they are – unless they thought that the Pentagon would tip him off … hrm.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
10:42 am
Paul – according to TheStreet.com, testimony is currently underway …
Paul
April 27th, 2010
10:43 am
Bosch
I think it’s kinda neat your teens aren’t embarrassed to be seen with you.
Y’know, if push comes to shove and you need some leverage with a recalcitrant teen, you can always say “shall I tell Joanna about the time you….,”
Bosch
April 27th, 2010
10:43 am
sfd,
Glad you mentioned that. The school where the OB wonders all with superior math teaching skills unknown by anyone in the known Universe and beyond – is considered the best in the district, and in the areas that lie within that school district – houses can not be built fast enough. The population of the school has doubled in the past decade and the facilities have not.
Another factor in the non-existent savings plans of some is the fact that people make less than they used to. Sure they may get a 1% raise per year, but stuff rises quite a bit more than that. Plus their kids get older and want all the cool stuff — which costs a hell of a lot more than a Beanie Baby. Just saying.
Paul
April 27th, 2010
10:44 am
USinUK
Thanks – may take a break from this and work and see if they nail the @!!#@.
Normal
April 27th, 2010
10:44 am
Bosch @ 10:39
I told my Grand Daughter when she had her baby that every time her little one did something good, praise her and tell her that if she continues to be really good you will send her to boarding school when she is thirteen. And keep it up all of the time so that when she does become thirteen and you send her to boarding school, she will think it is a reward. A good way to miss those teen years, don’t cha think?
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
10:45 am
Bosch … well, even though Kam isn’t here … here’s what the Telegraph had to say about their pics for the England team:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/england/pick-england-team/7496845/England-World-Cup-squad-form-guide-for-Fabio-Capellos-players-for-South-Africa-2010.html
and, can I just point out — “Peter Crouch – Love him or hate him, you cannot criticize his record: 18 goals in 36 games including two against Egypt. Not always first choice but he remains a great impact player. Came off the bench at Old Trafford.” YEAH, BABBEE!!!
oh, and Jermain Defoe, too.
Matilda
April 27th, 2010
10:46 am
Bosch,
I’m TOTALLY feelin’ ya! Stagnant wage + rising cost of everything + growing dependents = WHAT friggin’ savings account? (And sitting through some awful movies.)
Bosch
April 27th, 2010
10:47 am
“unknown by anyone in the known Universe and beyond”
Does that even make sense?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Paul,
Yeah, they like me around – I’m definitely not the “try to be the cool parent and live through their kids because my life is crapola that I should just slit my wrist and get it over with” – but I’m also not the “OMG, my kids must succeed at everything all the time, and be the best at everything because if not they will fail and become miserable losers in life” parent either, so I’m pretty calm and we have fun.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
10:48 am
Bosch – and did you know that Mr. Potatohead has a twin???
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269114/Whisky-Mist-clubber-death-shocks-Ashley-Cole-Wayne-Rooney.html
ugly CLUB. s’all I’m saying.
Southern Comfort
April 27th, 2010
10:49 am
Tax
8 dogs in the fight are too many. That sounds like a one-sided fight.
Bosch
April 27th, 2010
10:52 am
Normal,
It’s funny, my oldest is away at school now, and when he left I was kind of upset, and now when he’s back, I’m like “how long did you say you’d be here?” But then something totally weird pops into your head and you remember, “I lived through it, it was kind of fun, and in a way I miss it.” Teenagers are very difficult, but can be alot of fun – and it’s especially satisfying when you see then grow up into something amazing.
Paul
April 27th, 2010
10:53 am
For anyone who wants to watch or listen to the Goldman Sachs testimony, here’s CSPAN 3’s URL for live broadcast:
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx
Bosch
April 27th, 2010
10:56 am
USinUK,
THANKS! for that article on England’s picks – I’ve been busy trying to figure out the rosters of the teams I’m rooting for in the WC.
OK, that last article was weird – kids DIES in nightclub and the article is how shook up Rooney and Cole are. Well, that’s weird. But good God, that picture of other Rooneyhead was frightening and I may be forced to send you my therapists bill for that one.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
11:03 am
While I understand and agree with dB’s earlier statement about moving to be in the best school district possible, you might want to check out a few of the charts form the BLS concerning spending on necessities and non-necessities over the last 100 years…
“In 1901, the average US family devoted 79.8% of its spending to these necessities (food, clothing and housing), while families in New York City spent 80.3% and families in Boston allocated 86%. By 2002-2003, allocations on necessities had been reduced substantially, for US families to 50.1% of spending, for New York City famiies to 56.7% and for Boston families to 53.8%”
http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/reflections.pdf
now, granted, this doesn’t include health care, but I thought it was enlightening, nonetheless.
md
April 27th, 2010
11:04 am
When Buffet – the wealthiest democrat of them all – sides with the reps on the finance bill, might be time for the dems to listen. Nelson evidently did, as he must have learned his lesson (probably too late). Another kneejerk bill written in haste to play off the emotion of the lemmings. Slow down and analyze the unintended consequences and give us a good bill.
And if they really had a clue, Fannie/Freddie reform would be running parallel with this bill.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
11:05 am
Bosch – well, it was a party to celebrate Mr. Potatohead being named player of the year (or something) …
as for the Brothers Rooney … yep, they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down …
AmVet
April 27th, 2010
11:06 am
HDB, the GOP is ultra-liberal.
When it comes to fiscal policy in this country they could not be anymore soft on crime or anti-conservative. To this day they want to further enable the banksters and unindicted white collar criminals.
They are opposed to the traditional measures that historically protected Americans and have fought tooth and nail to weaken them. In all of American history, they have orchestrated the greatest shift and redistribution of wealth UP to the elites.
It can be argued that they are not remotely conservative in many other areas, but in this one, they have become the enemy of conservative fiscal policies…
HDB
April 27th, 2010
11:17 am
AmVet April 27th, 2010
11:06 am
I see your point; THANKS for the clarification!!
Fiscally, you’re DEAD ON; socially, they are more REPRESSIVE than they desire to admit!!
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:17 am
“the housing market was way over-inflated, which led to WAY the hell too much inventory – this correction was LONG overdue. that homeowners used their house as an ATM rather than the foundation of middle-class wealth – again, hopefully this has been corrected, as well.”
USinUK–I feel that all my hard work on the blog has now been vindicated. Now at least ONE Lib I know of is able to speak the truth about what drove the housing market crash without resorting to whining about “predatory lenders” and the like, without proposing some kind of bailout program from the government to help all these “poor” homeowners.
My next goal is to insert some reality into the global warming debate. An approximately 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature over a 150 year span does not constitute a crisis.
TaxPayer
April 27th, 2010
11:17 am
I’m not going back to Arizona as long as it remains a police state, which is what the appalling anti-immigrant bill that Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law last week has turned it into.
What would Arizona’s revered libertarian icon, Barry Goldwater, say about a law that requires the police to demand proof of legal residency from any person with whom they have made “any lawful contact” and about whom they have “reasonable suspicion” that “the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States?” Wasn’t the system of internal passports one of the most distasteful features of life in the Soviet Union and apartheid-era South Africa?
How long before Georgia has similar legislation. I mean, our Republican “leadership” cannot let Arizona get away with this and one-up them with a giant step to the right. That means we’re to the left of them and that just will not do.
Paul
April 27th, 2010
11:20 am
Listening to the Goldman testimony, the questions and answers, seems to me this financial reform bill ought to be tabled until the lessons learned from this can be incorporated.
TaxPayer
April 27th, 2010
11:25 am
Drill Baby Drill
I hear that someone is selling a pair of adhesive-backed “S”’s to make those bumper stickers current. I wonder if Newt still has a lot of those defective stickers. Maybe he can figure out a new application for them. Perhaps give them to some of the lobbyists on babe alley to hand out.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
11:25 am
Bruno – 11:17 – while you know I love you dearly (despite your affection for the Grateful Dead), I think we’re talking about 2 different – albeit related – things. At its height, subprime lending comprised only 20% of all mortgages (prior to that, subprime was in the low 10s) … and, as anyone who has driven through the Buckhead Condo Wasteland knows, subprime borrowers weren’t their target market.
The greater housing bubble was driven by the Fed keeping interest rates too low for too long as well as banks loosening the purse strings because there were more buyers for their mortgages (hellooooo CDOs).
The subprime discussion is a subset of the housing bubble, but isn’t the primary cause.
md
April 27th, 2010
11:26 am
“How long before Georgia has similar legislation”
Let’s hope never. Kind of like the precedent to pick and choose which laws I want to follow. Amnesty for all who break the law – great concept, should be fun.
md
April 27th, 2010
11:29 am
“seems to me this financial reform bill ought to be tabled until the lessons learned from this can be incorporated.”
Unfortunately, we seem to have a Congress that prefers to pass bills for political expediency vs doing the due diligence to actually correct the problem without creating other problems.
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:31 am
“a law that requires the police to demand proof of legal residency from any person with whom they have made “any lawful contact” and about whom they have “reasonable suspicion” that “the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States?”
You’re so right, TP. What AZ needs to do is adopt the policy that was in place here in GA until recently–the one by which officers were prohibited from inquiring about legal status. I mean, it’s only money taken at the point of a gun that goes toward providing all the social services that these illegal immigrants suck up. No big deal. I mean after all, they’re doing all the jobs that legal citizen are refusing to do according to Lib Logic.
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:36 am
“The greater housing bubble was driven by the Fed keeping interest rates too low for too long as well as banks loosening the purse strings because there were more buyers for their mortgages (hellooooo CDOs).”
Well, I guess my celebration was a tad premature. Once again you’re preaching that the fault lies entirely with the “system”, that individual responsibility doesn’t even enter the equation. My bad.
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
11:39 am
Bdog – “I mean after all, they’re doing all the jobs that legal citizen are refusing to do according to Lib Logic”
you realize that’s a Bush quote, don’t you, “It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take” (Feb 2, 2005)
as far as the AZ law, I think turning the police into de facto INS agents is an open invitation to lawsuits (let’s not even talk about the LITERAL invitation to lawsuits for anyone who thinks that a state agency is hindering immigration enforcement)
USinUK
April 27th, 2010
11:41 am
Bruno – 11:36 – oh, dear, that bug up your butt still seems to be bothering you.
when you’re talking about what DRIVES a bubble, you have to have the systems in place before personal decision-making can play a role.
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:44 am
“Unfortunately, we seem to have a Congress that prefers to pass bills for political expediency vs doing the due diligence to actually correct the problem without creating other problems.”
To be honest, md, I don’t think the folks who crafted the law have the candle-power to see the big picture regarding health care delivery. Otherwise, instead of decreasing the role of the third-party payment system, the very cause of the hyper-inflated costs which plague our system, they increased it by making the purchase of insurance mandatory. I’m still waiting for the first Lib to explain to me what they’re cheering about. So far, all I keep hearing is “Well, I really support single-payer, but this is a step in the right direction.” Like I said, not much candle power on the other side.
md
April 27th, 2010
11:52 am
“when you’re talking about what DRIVES a bubble, you have to have the systems in place before personal decision-making can play a role.”
System – very fast car in hairpin turn.
Personal decision – pushing the pedal.
Of course, if the car crashes in the turn, it’s the cars fault.
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:56 am
“Bruno – 11:36 – oh, dear, that bug up your butt still seems to be bothering you.”
USinUK–Please explain to me why it’s perfectly acceptable for the Lib contingency to take regular swipes at “cons” (complete with cheers at every slight), but when I do it in return, I have a bug up my butt? I’m just trying to get some honest debate going here, as we did last night regarding energy production.
“when you’re talking about what DRIVES a bubble, you have to have the systems in place before personal decision-making can play a role.”
No one was ever forced to purchase a property they knew they couldn’t afford. No one was ever forced to refi their house and take out equity which didn’t really exist. The availability of an easy way out doesn’t DRIVE greed and stupidity, they have an existence of their own. I’m offered get-rich-quick schemes on a weekly basis. It’s my responsibility whether to accept or reject such offers. I can’t blame the folks who are doing the offering.
HDB
April 27th, 2010
11:57 am
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
11:31 am
“a law that requires the police to demand proof of legal residency from any person with whom they have made “any lawful contact” and about whom they have “reasonable suspicion” that “the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States?”
You’re so right, TP. What AZ needs to do is adopt the policy that was in place here in GA until recently–the one by which officers were prohibited from inquiring about legal status
My question is this: You are COMFORTABLE with putting THAT MUCH POWER with the police….with the GOVERNMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS?? That’s a scary proposition! For someone who wishes to minimize governmental effects who now advocated for additional governmental intrusion suggests an oxymoronic paradigm with the law!!
Methinks you’ve never experienced driving while black, have you??
Same thing, my friend…you’re GUILTY and must PROVE your innocence!! No PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE…….
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
12:03 pm
“you realize that’s a Bush quote, don’t you, “It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take” (Feb 2, 2005)”
Thank you for proving my point.
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
12:12 pm
“as far as the AZ law, I think turning the police into de facto INS agents is an open invitation to lawsuits (let’s not even talk about the LITERAL invitation to lawsuits for anyone who thinks that a state agency is hindering immigration enforcement)”
“My question is this: You are COMFORTABLE with putting THAT MUCH POWER with the police….with the GOVERNMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS?? That’s a scary proposition! For someone who wishes to minimize governmental effects who now advocated for additional governmental intrusion suggests an oxymoronic paradigm with the law!!”
U and H–So what solutions are you two proposing to address the explosion of illegal immigrants in this country? If the police aren’t allowed to enforce the law, why are we paying them?
“Methinks you’ve never experienced driving while black, have you??
Same thing, my friend…you’re GUILTY and must PROVE your innocence!! No PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE…….”
Recently when my house was broken in to, the first thing the police did when they came out was to ask me for ID. Unlike Mr. Gates in Cambridge, I politely complied and it never became an issue.
ken
April 27th, 2010
12:15 pm
Hey Jay, write about the Joyce Foundation and Cap and Trade, PLEASE ?
Matilda
April 27th, 2010
12:16 pm
I’ll bite. I’ll agree that people buying stuff they could not afford was a contributing factor to the financial disasters our nations faces now. DO I LOSE MY “LIB CONTINGENT” CARD NOW?
That does not change the fact that mortage brokers and wall street slime did their “derivatives” thing to make quick money on paper that had no value behind it — and made tons of money and got away with it. That doesn’t change the fact that people who espouse the values of “hard work” still stand up to defend the actions of these slimy manipulators (by finding other scapegoats) AS IF being a slimy maniuplator with millions in the bank somehow equates to having a work ethic. (It’s my opinion that it does not, but others may vary.)
What about the developers here in Georgia? They carved massive, McManison subdivisions out of what was once my beautiful green home state, put up fancy homes with spit and toilet paper (Ga code inspection = wink and nod), artificially inflated the values of these homes via shady, deceptive sales practices, took their money and ran. What was left was a bunch transplants upside down in their mortgages, having no clue that what they thought was the “American Dream” was slick marketing hype.
Welcome to reality: Eff up and trust the wrong people, and you’ll be forever branded the same as the one’s whose crimes and torts were actually pre-meditated.
Mike "Hussein" Smith
April 27th, 2010
12:19 pm
David Ralston’s new name for the state Ethics Commission has an Orwellian ring to it. He promised transparency but came up with hogwash. Will the commission be financing campaigns? That’s what the new name suggests. And what the hell use is “transparency” if the state is doing a p-poor job in collecting the real information voters want?
HDB
April 27th, 2010
12:24 pm
Bruno…note what I asked – WITHOUT DUE PROCESS!! That also includes PROBABLE CAUSE!! Why should the police question a car’s passenger if the DRIVER has done nothing wrong?? Why give the police the arbitrary power to pull someone over just because he’s a particular race/ethnicity?? THAT’S what this law attempts to do…CIRCUMVENT due process!! INS makes raids on employers due to information acquired and warrants obtained — DUE PROCESS!!
As for the Skip Gates case: When unjustly accused, you have the right to question your accuser! Why should I be forced to verify my identity of I have done nothing wrong?? In your case, it was VERIFICATION; in Skip Gates’ case, it was an ACCUSATION!!I have the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to CONFRONT my accuser…and if the cops accuse me of something I KNOW I didn’t do…why should I have to PROVE my innocence when I am PRESUMED to be innocent??
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
12:34 pm
“Why give the police the arbitrary power to pull someone over just because he’s a particular race/ethnicity??”
HDB–Some of the language of the AZ law does seem to open the door for abuse, I’m sure it will be challenged. At the same time, the opposite policy–forbidding the police to inquire–is just plain stupid.
“Why should I be forced to verify my identity of I have done nothing wrong?? In your case, it was VERIFICATION; in Skip Gates’ case, it was an ACCUSATION!!I”:
Sorry, HDB, but my situation and Gates’s weren’t that far different. In both cases a call was made to police regarding a break-in, and in both cases the person present on the property was asked to produce ID. The difference in the outcome was strictly due to my compliance vs Gates’ belligerence. I am in full support of “probable cause” and “unlawful search and seizure laws”, but neither of those concepts apply when a call is made regarding a break-in.
HDB
April 27th, 2010
12:38 pm
Bruno – slightly different. In YOUR case, YOU made the call; in Skip Gates’ case, someone ELSE made the call. If I’m confronted by the police and I’ve done nothing to warrant their approach, I WILL question their reasoning!! Do I NOT have that right?? Note my question: Why should I have to PROVE my innocence when I am PRESUMED to be innocent??
In the US, if you’re white, you’re INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY; if yo are of color, you’re GUILTY and must PROVE your INNOCENCE!!
The basis of the American justice system…….
Bruno
April 27th, 2010
1:12 pm
“Bruno – slightly different. In YOUR case, YOU made the call; in Skip Gates’ case, someone ELSE made the call.”
Faulty reasoning, HDB. How are the officers to know who actually made the call or who exactly is on the property without asking for ID?
“In the US, if you’re white, you’re INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY; if yo are of color, you’re GUILTY and must PROVE your INNOCENCE!!”
Could part of that phenomenon be honestly due to the difference in crime rates among the two communities?
dw
April 27th, 2010
1:32 pm
Something froze over. I agree with Jay’s point. I should say though that his fear of the behind closed doors legislation should have rung true from him as well during the healthcare “reform” behind closed door behaviour as well. But it didn’t cause that’s from the lib trifeckta.
HDB
April 27th, 2010
1:35 pm
Bruno – Nope, not faulty. Police have computer access to motor vehicle and property records to determine who is what and where…..if I’m asked for my identification WITHOUT probable cause…and it denies my presumption of innocence, I WILL question why I’m being detained!!
“Could part of that phenomenon be honestly due to the difference in crime rates among the two communities?”
Not from my point of view; granted, crime is vastly different, but here’s the corollary to your question: Could that really be that it’s inherent in the SYSTEM, not the individual??
HDB
April 27th, 2010
1:36 pm
Bruno: Still, the question remains: Why should I have to PROVE my innocence when I am PRESUMED to be innocent??
md
April 27th, 2010
2:21 pm
“Bruno: Still, the question remains: Why should I have to PROVE my innocence when I am PRESUMED to be innocent??”
Happens every day – to all colors. It is the system and the only one we have. Every person carted off to jail is presumed guilty, otherwise they would not be taken in. One is released once they have proven their innocence. That innocent until proven guilty crap is just talk.
HDB
April 27th, 2010
2:42 pm
md
April 27th, 2010
2:21 pm
“Bruno: Still, the question remains: Why should I have to PROVE my innocence when I am PRESUMED to be innocent??”
Happens every day – to all colors.
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE….more people of color are adversely affected by the system…..and for those who were FALSELY imprisoned…..
Changes need to be made……
Hillbilly Deluxe
April 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
Hate to say I told you so but I did. The more things change, the more they stay the same.