Comments on: Suburbanites may pay more for arrests http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/ Baltimore, Maryland the daily conversation starts here. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Daily Breather http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3383 Daily Breather Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:44:13 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3383 I see the downside to my cheer. This bill is going to keep out of county big responsable buyers: the business people and responsable drug culture will be out of the city. They will set up a courier to meet them out of county (but not in Harford Co. Don't deal with those cops). This will help them more and in the same event it will keep them out of the city and not spending any other $$ that they wouuld normally. I'm talking strippers and pole dancers. Liquor store owners and NON-ARMED cab drivers. Maybe even a hotel room in the Inner Harbor. See your city tax base shrink now? Don't tax the tourists! You can kiss that all good-bye. Damn, there's always a downside. I see the downside to my cheer. This bill is going to keep out of county big responsable buyers: the business people and responsable drug culture will be out of the city. They will set up a courier to meet them out of county (but not in Harford Co. Don’t deal with those cops). This will help them more and in the same event it will keep them out of the city and not spending any other $$ that they wouuld normally. I’m talking strippers and pole dancers. Liquor store owners and NON-ARMED cab drivers. Maybe even a hotel room in the Inner Harbor. See your city tax base shrink now? Don’t tax the tourists!
You can kiss that all good-bye.
Damn, there’s always a downside.

]]> By: YCKTR http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3340 YCKTR Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:46:42 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3340 I agree with you Lori - fining the buyers is not a deterent. Think about it - the people that are buying (regardless of geopgraphy) are already willing to risk fines, lawyer fees, and most importantly, a night in the dreaded Central Booking. Is the POTENTIAL (will never be upheld in court) for an additional fine is going to make an addicted person stop and think "hmmm..maybe this isn't a good idea?" Hello no, if you need a bag of dope, you'll walk through broken glass with no shoes on if need be. The only person in the equation that's making a concious decision not dictated by (for the most part) a mental health issue are the dealers. And I'm not talking about the 12 year olds that hand out the drugs...I mean the 20-35 year old that supply, package and recruit the dealers. Those guys are biggest shitheads of all - not only do they prey on other people's weakness for drugs, they ruin the lives of young people from the neighborhood in the process. Anyway...I don't know the answer to the bigger problem. I just know that this bill seems really transparent and cosmetic. ! I agree with you Lori - fining the buyers is not a deterent. Think about it - the people that are buying (regardless of geopgraphy) are already willing to risk fines, lawyer fees, and most importantly, a night in the dreaded Central Booking. Is the POTENTIAL (will never be upheld in court) for an additional fine is going to make an addicted person stop and think “hmmm..maybe this isn’t a good idea?” Hello no, if you need a bag of dope, you’ll walk through broken glass with no shoes on if need be.

The only person in the equation that’s making a concious decision not dictated by (for the most part) a mental health issue are the dealers. And I’m not talking about the 12 year olds that hand out the drugs…I mean the 20-35 year old that supply, package and recruit the dealers. Those guys are biggest shitheads of all - not only do they prey on other people’s weakness for drugs, they ruin the lives of young people from the neighborhood in the process.

Anyway…I don’t know the answer to the bigger problem. I just know that this bill seems really transparent and cosmetic.
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]]> By: Daily Breather http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3329 Daily Breather Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:38:08 +0000 http://www.bthesite.com/archives/2008/06/585/#comment-3329 YES!! Finally! They found a way to Keep Baltimore drugs for Baltimore! I hate it when these kids from Pasadena and Howard Co. come into our city and buying up all of our drugs and going back to their homes. They don't even stay to take in the sights and sounds of the local Baltimore neighborhood corners. Keep Baltimore drugs for Baltimore. YES!! Finally! They found a way to Keep Baltimore drugs for Baltimore! I hate it when these kids from Pasadena and Howard Co. come into our city and buying up all of our drugs and going back to their homes. They don’t even stay to take in the sights and sounds of the local Baltimore neighborhood corners. Keep Baltimore drugs for Baltimore.

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