Jackson Jambalaya

Seeing some of these bills makes you wish they spent MORE time at dinners and receptions and LESS time doing what the rest of us would recognize as work.

Some of these looks pretty good though...if a photographer sees photos of kids that are lewd that should be reported. I know there will probably be some idiot who gets worked up over a bathtub photo, but child porn is a worse problem than one would like to consider.
The CLE one is bad though. I guess we should be glad they didn't exempt the AG as well.

Helmets and driver's license for ATV drivers. It's about freakin' time.

Too many sweet little lives have been lost had this bill been made law years ago.

Rep. Denny should have submitted the judgment bill when HIS OWN SON was under a judgment. I guess he waited until he was well past the 7 year limit.

http://www.co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/apps/jridx_list.asp?sn0=denny

I wish they would just go ahead and outlaw the WHEEL. Our state house is full of idiots, just like all the other state houses.

HB #336 passed the House. It states "Proceedings in justice or municipal court involving domestic abuse shall be recorded and may be transcribed at the request of either party in the same manner as matters in county or chancery court."

I can see the divorce attorneys absolutely abusing this to gain an upper hand. It basically allows for the criminalization of two grown adults arguing and those proceedings then to be transcribed for use in civil proceedings. This is not well thought out and in the end isn't really going to address true domestic violence. This blog has done more than the state has ever done for highlighting the true issue of Domestic Violence as evidenced by the George/Robbie Bell situation.

don't know why they want to increase penalties on immigration when they don't enforce the ones they have. Largest raid ever in Ms at Howards and the state still does business with them. Guess it depends how much in campaign contributions you give to certain elected officials. Mcdaniel rants about immigration problems but is silent whenever it happens from supporters in his district.

On the out-of-state pharmacy bill. I believe this gives the MS Board of Pharmacy an opportunity to inspect these out-of-state facilities, just as they do the local pharmacies in MS. Is that really a bad thing? I don't think so.

Who would pay for out-of-state pharmacy inspections? MS taxpayers, I suppose?

10:53 - Which Denny are we looking for here? There's a dozen or more.

"Helmets and driver's license for ATV drivers. It's about freakin' time.

Too many sweet little lives have been lost had this bill been made law years ago."

Just b/c it's a law, doesn't mean it will be abided by. Look at the seatbelt/childseat laws. How many times have you seen someone not wearing a seatbelt and their kids not buckled up?

Why can't people just be responsible for themselves without .gov intrusion? Why does everyone always turn to passing new laws?

Because Stephen, then we would have no need for government and then we would have to feed, clothe, and house those morons that cannot do anything other than draw a government check.

Catch 22.

Denny Development is the son.

Oops - The son DOES have a current one - a biggie.

http://www.co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/apps/jridx_detail.asp?ID=356203

How do you intimidate a police officer? In Mississippi?

iron, tell him what the law is!

:)

Letting children ride atv's without so much as a helmet amounts to negligence. The parent can be held culpable for that, but it doesn't bring a life back. A law to discourage it will, or at least might.

Regardless of what you think or see, child safety seats and seatbelts have saved untold number of lives. I know four people who have been issued tickets for not wearing their's, all within the last two years. One of these folks were issued two tickets for it in the same month. It is enforced, not every time, but it is enforced.

People turn to laws when lives are unnecessarily lost and an enforceable law is needed to drop the chance of it happening. People should have better sense, but unfortunately some don't.

What sort of exact inconvenience is a law like this to an average person, who doesn't have an atv or children? If too many laws encroaching my personal freedom is your problem, take a look at losing your right to intimidate a law officer, or taking away your right to wait 3 days for a marriage license, amid scores of others. Redirect your angst where it really belongs. Why the snarky attitude at a law that may help protect a child from death or injury?

Don't begrudge a child a chance to be safe. These kids didn't have that opportunity:

http://www.wkrg.com/raw_news/article/teen_dies_in_atv_crash_2_hurt/597393/Dec-24-2009_1-09-pm/

http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2008/10/21/news/doc48fdadee5fe8a519318286.txt

Also passed in Senate:

#2623(believe this is the right #) Make animal abuse a FELONY in Mississippi!!!!
Passed yesterday!!! Yaahhh!

Oh please. I know all about the dangers of ATV accidents. I've lost two ADULT friends on ATV's. and you know what? It's their choice whether or not to ride an ATV with or without a helmet. I would say it's my choice to ride my motorcycle with or without a helmet, but you've already spoken for me and I have to ride with a helmet, and I can't ride down the street without putting my seatbelt on.

If it's such a grand idea, then you wouldn't need a law to do it. And you're very own "4 friends got tickets" shows you the problem. They aren't going to wear their seatbelts. It doesn't matter what the law says. Just like meth is illegal and sudafed is behind the counter. Well the Guvner says if it goes to a prescription we'll have no more meth problems! hooray! Because nobody abuses xanax, oxycontin, or every other prescription drug. Hell if that's his solution, the give people a prescription for pot.

6:11, if you are an adult, you can do whatever the hell you want to as far as I care, whether it's against the law or not. Children shouldn't suffer and die because their parents are too damn stupid or sorry to make sure they are not put in danger on an atv.

If you feel that strongly, start a campaign to overturn these unnecessary laws that you feel are inhibiting your freedom.

6:11 Your abysmal ignorance shows you know nothing about taking care of people who SURVIVE traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). That is what we are trying to prevent with these laws. People who are paralyzed, or comatose/ in a persistent vegetative state, run up rehab and nursing home bills that can cost the TAXPAYERS a quarter million a year or so for unpredictable years/ decades. The TAXPAYERS who voted for these laws don't want to run the risk of paying these bills so you can brag about the feel of wind blowing through your hair while you ride; believe or not, it's not worth it to us. If the fools who ride without helmets die and leave children behind, the kids get Social Security until adulthood, paid for by, you guessed it, working TAXPAYERS. If it was just a matter of a fool dying at his own expense with no possibility of residual expenses for TAXPAYERS then no one would care what you do.

"State law currently bars renewal of judgements."

Not so, under the current language of MS 15-1-43 a judgment may be extended so long as it is "renewed" within 7 years. Although the current enactment of 15-1-43 doesn't use the word "renew" which obviously made it too complicated for legislators.