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marybourg

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22. When I lived in a certain new, fast- growing

Reply to masmdu (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 07:35 PM

Dec 2022

suburb of Albuquerque, N.M., the private trash collection company had been "given the status of a city agency" and the right to issue summonses to residents who disputed their trash bills.

Residents who ignored the pseudo summonses were unceremoniously dragged off to the contract hoosegow. True story. Fortunately, another lawyer stepped forward to end these shenanigans soon after I moved in and heard about it and I didn't have to. l bored people for years with my hard-to-believe but true New Mexico stories after I decamped to AZ.

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An 82 yr old women was arrested in Alabama for not paying her trash bill. Yet a 77 yr old man walks [View all] applegrove Dec 2022 OP

Rule of law is for the little people. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2022 #1

22 months and counting DoJ republianmushroom Dec 2022 #2

Teflon nt SoCalDavidS Dec 2022 #3

Some kind of plastic anyway world wide wally Dec 2022 #20

Why? DURHAM D Dec 2022 #4

Yes!!! LakeArenal Dec 2022 #5

We have to keep the lower classes under the heel of the law's boot. NCjack Dec 2022 #6

I'm staying in a neighborhood that has a "grass cop". Alwaysna Dec 2022 #7

The ACLU should take this one. I'm sure there's white people in that town who are behind 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #8

Just yesterday I was mocked for suggesting that the law is different for rich people Orrex Dec 2022 #9

Whoever mocked you is blind. There ARE those who are... dchill Dec 2022 #18

Au contraire! Orrex Dec 2022 #23

Hey! Snark is a thing! And a sign of intelligence. dchill Dec 2022 #25

Those for whom the system works will never admit it. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #19

No she wasn't. She was arrested for failure to appear. masmdu Dec 2022 #10

LOL. Sure. Orrex Dec 2022 #12

How long do you think it would take for Trump to be in cuffs if he didn't show up for a court date? Silent3 Dec 2022 #15

So, the arrest warrant listed failure to appear and not failure to pay a trash bill as the reason... Lancero Dec 2022 #16

But failure to return top secret documents that you ripped off for two years, now that is A-OKAY! onecaliberal Dec 2022 #32

It's possible she didn't have the means to appear. haele Dec 2022 #34

Ignoring courts all the time. That's Trump. Captain Zero Dec 2022 #17

When I lived in a certain new, fast- growing marybourg Dec 2022 #22

If the issue is failure to appear.. Permanut Dec 2022 #11

That is abusive. LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #13

that's the difference between alabama & florida orleans Dec 2022 #14

Is there a gofundme for that woman? ShazzieB Dec 2022 #21

What a lazy rant brooklynite Dec 2022 #24

Your question about the OP's opinion of Garland is, as always, a parlor trick and a distraction Orrex Dec 2022 #28

Say it!!! applegrove Dec 2022 #29

You're right: "countless other bottom-level criminals are brought to justice" brooklynite Dec 2022 #30

+1. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #35

Yes, because The System is fucked in favor of the rich and powerful Orrex Dec 2022 #39

+1. Exactly. N/T FSogol Dec 2022 #31

Gish Gallop? Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #33

+1. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #36

"The problem isn't Garland or the DOJ. It's the system itself. " Orrex Dec 2022 #38

Thanks Orrex. flying_wahini Dec 2022 #37

good point BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #26

K&R ck4829 Dec 2022 #27