\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 http://www.wyff4.com/news/local-news/greenville-news/After-drunken-driver-kills-son-mother-billed-for-cleanup/-/9654794/15178974/-/pm6im3/-/index.html Woman's son killed by drunk driver Local government bills woman $50 to clean her dead son's blood off the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 omg, wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I guess somebody has to be reponsible...???? Poor form, but not suprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Another view, by the one and only, Mark Steyn Blood MoneyBy Mark Steyn June 25, 2012 The account of a traffic fatality in South Carolina is perplexing in many ways. For example, is it customary for the deceased to be charged with having his own blood washed off the asphalt? “I had to pay to have the vehicle towed,” she said. “I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin’s blood on the ground.” Robinson [the victim's mother] said that was the bill that stung the most – paying $50 to have the street cleaned. “First of all, having to open the mail and look at the charge to the deceased, Justin Darryl Walker — the deceased! It’s just a hard thing to deal with in the context of your child,” she said. The headline chooses its words carefully: "After Drunken Driver Kills Son, Mother Billed For Cleanup" “Drunken driver”? .................The perp, Anna Gonzalez, is an illegal immigrant who has been driving in the United States without a license for 12 years. Does WYFF Channel 4 share Ms. Gonzalez’s blithe disdain for the tedious business of acquiring a valid driver’s license? Judging from the way the key facts about Ms. Gonzalez are withheld until the antepenultimate paragraph, one would almost get the impression WYFF is cool with illegal immigrants driving illegally as long as they make sure they’re sober when they run over the natives. Mark Steyn . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 This is not surprising. In order to maintain our competitive edge, we have emulated the example set by the Chinese. In China, its common practice to summarily execute a man for crime and then send the family of the deceased an invoice for the bullet used (~3 yuan). It sounds like a minor expense, but given the jaywalking epidemic in most of coastal China, it adds up. $50 for street cleaning sounds like no big deal, but someone has to pay, and with budget constraints, theres no more free rider. We still have to offset roadkill related street cleaning too, so those costs are capitalized into the drunk driving, murder, and other automotive related street splatterings. Until we can find a more effective way to tax deer, opossums, raccoons, and other animals which haven't sense enough to get out of the way the burden will increasingly fall on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 http://www.wyff4.com/news/local-news/greenville-news/After-drunken-driver-kills-son-mother-billed-for-cleanup/-/9654794/15178974/-/pm6im3/-/index.html Woman's son killed by drunk driver Local government bills woman $50 to clean her dead son's blood off the street Challenge it in court. I can think of two arguments that would easily get that bill tossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Challenge it in court. I can think of two arguments that would easily get that bill tossed. I don't know if "You're an idiot™" qualifies as a legal defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I don't know if "You're an idiot™" qualifies as a legal defense. Forgot that. Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Only gonna get worse when private contractors are running the show. "All duties as assigned." "You're on duty... Go clean up the blood." Anyway... I didn't check into the workings of this S. Carolina town... Do they even have in-house gov't road crews that can handle it... Or are they all contracted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Whoever decided sending that bill was a good idea should be shot in the gut and left to bleed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Whoever decided sending that bill was a good idea should be shot in the gut and left to bleed out saved at the last minute and billed for the clean-up. You idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Whoever decided sending that bill was a good idea should be shot in the gut and left to bleed out. Who sent the bill? Gov't office worker? Couldn't she/he just have called streets and sanitation and done it in-house... Better yet, go out and do it themselves! Or is that all contracted out? Do you think Joe's Street Cleaning Service is gonna do it gratis? Not surprising this happened in a southern state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Who sent the bill? Gov't office worker? Couldn't she/he just have called streets and sanitation and done it in-house... Better yet, go out and do it themselves! Or is that all contracted out? Do you think Joe's Street Cleaning Service is gonna do it gratis? Not surprising this happened in a southern state. Joe's street cleaning service would be contracted by the city and would therefore bill the city. You think Joe's going to inquire as to whose blood he's cleaning up and make sure his mom gets the bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Case in point. I am gov't worker... If somebody dies here and splatters blood all over the lockwall... Who do you think is gonna clean it up? My supervisor is gonna tell someone on first shift tomorrow to go grab the power washer and wash it off? We are on the clock: "all duties as assigned." And yes... We have a power washer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 You idiot. Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Who sent the bill? Gov't office worker? Couldn't she/he just have called streets and sanitation and done it in-house... Better yet, go out and do it themselves! Or is that all contracted out? Do you think Joe's Street Cleaning Service is gonna do it gratis? Not surprising this happened in a southern state. It COULD be some sort of pro-forma thing that they have to bill it so they can write of the expense down the line, and some idiot computer system stuffed an envelope because somebody forgot to switch the flip [sic]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Case in point. I am gov't worker... If somebody dies here and splatters blood all over the lockwall... Who do you think is gonna clean it up? My supervisor is gonna tell someone on first shift tomorrow to go grab the power washer and wash it off? We are on the clock: "all duties as assigned." And yes... We have a power washer. Are you going to send the corpse's mom a bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Fair enough Really...how do you miss that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Joe's street cleaning service would be contracted by the city and would therefore bill the city. You think Joe's going to inquire as to whose blood he's cleaning up and make sure his mom gets the bill? Not talking about that. This shouldn't be a billable item if the city had the proper staff (and tools) on the clock? Why don't they? Heck they can store the power washer and hook up to a fire hydrant at the police station and get one of the cops to clean it up... They are on the clock! Same with roadkill, I see cops passing roadkill all the time... Don't they have a clean-up kit in the trunk of their cruiser? Are you going to send the corpse's mom a bill? No. I will do it myself you freaking dolt! It COULD be some sort of pro-forma thing that they have to bill it so they can write of the expense down the line, and some idiot computer system stuffed an envelope because somebody forgot to switch the flip [sic]. :rolleyes: Clean the freaking blood up. I just got in a wreck last weekend with my Jeep... You know who was sweeping the charcoal that spilled from the gas vapor recovery... THE COP! Call the police station and get the power washer over... Heck, the fireman are less busy... Get them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Really...how do you miss that? Feeling the vengeance, I suppose. Dead kids affects me the way comments which could be loosely interpreted to have a vague connection to something potentially race related affect tgregg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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