Comments on: Due Process? Not When There Is Money in it for US http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/11/due-process-not.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: M. Hodak http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/11/due-process-not.html/comment-page-1#comment-8206 M. Hodak Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:17:09 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/11/due-process-not.html#comment-8206 <p>Affirmation of asset forfeiture laws are among the biggest boners of the Supreme Court in the last 30 years. Based on an archaic branch of common law, a majority of the Supremes, with a straight face, ruled that pre-trial seizures did not penalize the owners since the case is against the property. As in "The U.S. vs. $124,700." This is where respect for the law begins swirling around the rim.</p> Affirmation of asset forfeiture laws are among the biggest boners of the Supreme Court in the last 30 years. Based on an archaic branch of common law, a majority of the Supremes, with a straight face, ruled that pre-trial seizures did not penalize the owners since the case is against the property. As in “The U.S. vs. $124,700.” This is where respect for the law begins swirling around the rim.

]]> By: Greg http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/11/due-process-not.html/comment-page-1#comment-8205 Greg Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:19:47 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/11/due-process-not.html#comment-8205 <p>Sounds like a darn good reason to do what we can to take our business elsewhere. </p> <p>We got a rude awakening in Spokane, WA the other day. <br /> It seems that the city has an ordinance that sets<br /> a 12 hour time limit for parking <i>anywhere in the city,</i><br /> including in residential areas. </p> <p>We were here a year and a half before we found that out. </p> <p>At least they left a note the day before (24 hour notice,)<br /> but we missed it, since we frequently don't drive that<br /> car for several days in a row. (It's a 4runner, in good shape, <br /> not a wreck.) Only $30, but still... </p> <p>I guess Spokane had to pay some bills. </p> <p>Gov has to get its <s>graft</s> er... money somehow. </p> Sounds like a darn good reason to do what we can to take our business elsewhere.

We got a rude awakening in Spokane, WA the other day.
It seems that the city has an ordinance that sets
a 12 hour time limit for parking anywhere in the city,
including in residential areas.

We were here a year and a half before we found that out.

At least they left a note the day before (24 hour notice,)
but we missed it, since we frequently don’t drive that
car for several days in a row. (It’s a 4runner, in good shape,
not a wreck.) Only $30, but still…

I guess Spokane had to pay some bills.

Gov has to get its graft er… money somehow.

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