Tax Cuts Kill Police Departments

    Down here in Tampa I am always joking that one of these days the police department is going to have to cut back on personnel because of the “tax cuts” brought on by all of those Republican politicians in the land. Of course, they call them budget cuts cause the American people can stomach that much better.

    Here in Tampa, we have our libraries closing on one Friday every month. We have had our city council get furlough days also.

   Back to the police. Hasn’t happened in Tampa yet, but here is a story that is fucked up. This is your tax dollars at work.

Associated Press

CLARKSTON, Mich. - A small town in Michigan has eliminated its police department as a way to save money.

The Oakland County sheriff's department began patrolling the village of Clarkston on Friday night.

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Clarkston previously had a police chief, one full-time officer, eight part-time officers and some reservists. WDIV-TV and the Detroit Free Press report the community about 30 miles northwest of Detroit eliminated the positions as a part of budget cuts.

The Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce says about 1,000 people live in the community.

In California, the city of Maywood eliminated its police department earlier this year because of budget problems. Maywood is southeast of Los Angeles and has about 45,000 residents.

  

Dems Messing Up Chances In November…

…which is not anything surprising, is it? I think that those idiots up in Washington,D.C. have been shooting themselves in the foot from day one. President Obama has no control over his group and he has not attempted to reign his troops in, which is not good. The Democrats, I think, are going to eat the dust come November and they have no-one to blame but themselves.

    At stake nationally is the balance of power in Washington, the tone for the remainder of Obama's first term and his likely 2012 re-election bid. All 435 House seats as well as 37 Senate seats are on the ballot. The country also will elect 37 governors in races that will determine who oversees the once-a-decade redrawing of political districts.

    Republicans are hoping to capitalize on voters' economic disillusionment, frustration with Obama and tea party-generated enthusiasm.

   Democrats are relying on a financial advantage, a robust get-out-the-vote operation and, mostly, the ghost of George W. Bush to curb an expected Nov. 2 shellacking.   Source

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