http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/4159/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/trooper_fired_offering_florida_lawmaker_break_speeding_ticket <p>In a rarity among modern American jurisprudence, a state highway trooper has lost his job over a traffic ticket he didn't write — and now his fight has sparked a wider dispute over who gets preferential treatment for enforcing the law on the road. Does anyone need to guess that this happened in Florida?</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/trooper_fired_offering_florida_lawmaker_break_speeding_ticket#comments budgets Corruption News Article police tickets Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:47:13 +0000 Lendog 28923 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/budget_spat_wipes_out_toilet_paper_supplies_nj_capital <p>A budget battle in New Jersey's capital city has some extremely unpleasant fallout, including a toilet paper shortage at police headquarters, fire stations, senior centers and municipal offices. Supplies have been dwindling down to almost nothing in the months since a spending fight broke out among the City Council in November over a $42,000 spending request for a year's supply of paper products, including toilet paper. “I’m embarrassed,” the Council president said.</p> <p><a hre