Monday, July 18, 2011

Priorities, Priorities

Leave it to the good government of San Francisco to essentially gut the local judiciary and lay off about 40% of court workers.
I mean, this is the city after all that creates more ridiculous laws that now will not be enforced since, well there will not be many judges to hear the cases brought before them.
About 200 of 480 court workers, including 11 of 12 commissioners, which are lower-level judges that hear mostly misdemeanor cases, are getting the axe.
And 25 courtrooms will be shuttered as a result of this.
San Francisco is both a city and county which means they do not have any other bases of tax revenue that would possibly prevent this massive layoff of court workers.
Put that aside a moment and come to this thought.
All the crap that they want to legislate, such as selling McDonalds Happy Meals as is, whether or not parent can circumcise their male babies or not will not be able to be enforced because when will potential cases be brought before a court if so many are out of commission?
Maybe if the city and county worried more about creating a climate that promotes economic growth and jobs, there would be a stronger tax base that would keep the courts open.
Instead of worrying about how to regulate people's lives, except the homeless, the priorities need to be what helps create a strong economy.
That would be lower taxes, less regulation and an atmosphere that encourages entrepreneurs.
Maybe if the government of San Francisco city/county worried about those things, they would not have to close down nearly half of their judiciary.

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