“Cash register justice”: Fla. town so corrupt that lawmakers want to abolish it

[rambone]

This tiny Florida town has 477 residents, but it has almost 20 cops writing tickets nonstop. That's one cop for every 25 people. And even with huge cash flow, the city still runs at a deficit, and a mountain of cash has disappeared. The people are recognizing that the entire government is a parasitic entity and they are seeking to abolish it.

“It became ‘serve and collect’ instead of ‘serve and protect.’ Cash register justice,” said the sheriff. “Do y’all remember the old ‘Dukes of Hazzard’? Boss Hogg? They make Boss Hogg look like a Sunday school teacher.”


"Cash register justice": Florida town so corrupt that lawmakers want to abolish it

 

[hornadylnl]

Kind of im's the multiple agencies writing tickets on 465?

 

[mrjarrell]

They need to shut the "government" down and make damned sure they fire all the cops first. There's no need for a town that size to have even one cop. The county sheriff should be more than sufficient to their needs. Seems like lots of jail time needs to be handed out, too.

 

[9mmfan]

Doesn't really surprise me any. I'm sure there are more than a few towns like that across the country.

 

[mrjarrell]

Doesn't really surprise me any. I'm sure there are more than a few towns like that across the country.

Sadly, that is true. This is one of the more egregious ones I've run across, tho. Texas is rife with them.

 

[HoughMade]

There's precedent:

New Rome, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Mark 1911]

If they can do this to a tiny little spot on the map in Florida, then maybe they could do it to that little spot on the map between the Anacostia and the Potomac!

 

[littletommy]

I read a longer article on this a few days ago. Disgusting is the only word I can think of to describe it. Public hangings should be brought back for everyone involved in this organized crime ring.

 

[Vigilant]

I guess none of you have ever been to Plainfield, IN?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Or Clermont.

 

[Who Dares Wins]

I guess none of you have ever been to Plainfield, IN?

One for every day of the week!

 

[Kutnupe14]

Why is this news? Starke, FL has been doing this for decades. It's infamous.... and not El Guapo, Three Amigos "infamous."

 

[ATOMonkey]

He's so famous he's IN famous!

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, as a start the mayor has resigned. Of course he's currently in jail for selling an oxy tab to a narc. Oops.

Jailed Mayor Resigns From Pound-For-Pound Most Corrupt City In U.S.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well, it's official now. All of their police have been fired and the speed trap section the town annexed has been de-annexed. Hopefully, the people they choose to replace their politicians will be better.

Florida City Fires Their Entire Police Force | The Free Thought Project

 

[IndyDave1776]

Well, it's official now. All of their police have been fired and the speed trap section the town annexed has been de-annexed. Hopefully, the people they choose to replace their politicians will be better.

Florida City Fires Their Entire Police Force | The Free Thought Project

Maybe they will take a page from the politicians' book. Politicians tell us that GFZs will prevent shootings. Perhaps Politician-Free Zones will eliminate corruption?

 

[Leadeye]

From the thread title I though maybe this was about dc.

 

[drillsgt]

And I thought Greenfield was overstaffed!

 

[T755]

It amazing the experts on staffing here. You should go work for Ballard and solve all the problems

 

[IndyDave1776]

It amazing the experts on staffing here. You should go work for Ballard and solve all the problems

Seriously? We are discussing a town with more than 15x the number of police per capita which one ordinarily encounters and you are smarting off about us being self-proclaimed experts on staffing? Ray Charles could see that there is something wrong with this picture.