Discussion for article #245838
The DOJ’s insertion of Clause 4, Subsection C, paragraph 2: “Lynching of minorities will be forbidden” is really the straw that broke the camel’s back as far as Ferguson officials are concerned.
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In other words, because you can’t fund operations on the backs of poor citizens with discriminatory fines and penalties, you’ll go broke. And to add insult to injury, you’ll have to pay to have yourselves monitored and properly trained. Jesus Christ, is there no end to the oppression? Blue lives matter, right, Mr. Mayor?
Looks like someone is going to have to pay some taxes around Ferguson, and it ain’t comin’ from the poor folk. Best get busy, Mayor Jimmy. You have a mess to clean up. I bet if you knew this before you ran for election, you’d be selling used cars instead.
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Local yokels refuse to acknowledge that every little town in the area having its own fire/police/other infrastructure is simply nonsensical because it has never been cost-effective. That is exactly why overly aggressive penalties, fines, and ticketing were used to create ~25% of the local revenue. Consolidation of resources would save the necessary money, but of course dilute the power of the self-appointed power elites. A bit of bankruptcy would force sensible consolidation.
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Won’t someone help that poor, poor mayor? He thought the grift would pay for all of this and his retirement, too. I have a sad for him.
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This is the mayor that said Ferguson has NO race problems.
hahahaa…
I hope the DOJ dissolves the police dept entirely.
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Absolutely correct. I wouldn’t even bother pretending to play ball with these idiots if I were the DoJ. Take it, like it, learn to love it…or face dissolution and lawsuits that will break your backs in half.
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I had no idea not shooting black people was so pricey.
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Shooting them is cheap. It’s the inconsiderate mess they create dying that gets you.
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When is this town scheduled to hold new elections??!! These guys have to got to be total lame ducks - I assume any new vote would produce a complete turnover in city government, so in the end who cares what Mayor James Knowes III thinks? He’ll lose, move to a whiter suburb, and go back to doing whatever his day job is.
This is a very real problem in the St. Louis area. For whatever reason, there are 90-ish individual governing bodies in St. Louis county.
Never really made any kind of economic sense to have all of these (paid!) city councils and administrators.
If the city has to dissolve because it’s not economically feasible then so be it.
These folks are trying to stall until they get a republican president, who will order DoJ to make a formal apology to the town and pay them for and inconvenience suffered as a result of having to follow the law.
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“I would rather lose our city by fighting for it in court than lose it by giving in to the DOJ’s crushing demands,” said Susan Ankenbrand, a 41-year resident of Ferguson.
We’ll see if we can help make your wish come true, Susan. A world without Ferguson sounds ok to me.
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The Ammon Bundy approach to fighting city hall: “Come and get me, coppers!!!”
“Not being able to shoot anyone we want just because we feel like it is too expensive.”
TRANSLATION:
Being racist = good.
Getting caught being racist and having to pay the consequences = bad.