Friday, October 10, 2008

They Write Letters...


Oy, that sinking feeling in my stomach is not a rock-hard bagel; still I can always turn to the Miami Herald letters page for some comic relief. Let's see....

What's this, uber-DUI lawyer extraordinaire Bobby Reiff, boldly stepping in the middle of the raging and deeply bitter dispute over beach clean up salaries:

The Oct. 6 article Political deal gave rise to tax twist notes that Miami Beach received $543,000 for six new positions to clean up the beach. That would be $90,500 each per person.

And people wonder why we don't trust the government with spending our tax dollars.

Government is not the answer; it is the problem.

Bobby's right, that is a lot of money, perhaps double the starting salaries of assistant prosecutors or public defenders or teachers, for that matter. The pay should be dramatically less.

But Bobby, if government is the problem here, what's the alternative -- we all pick up our own beach trash? In South Florida? Anyone who's volunteered at one of the Baynanza clean ups can attest to how well that will work out.

13 comments:

honest lawyer said...

Good catch, SFL. Who knew Bobby was such a libertarian?

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Anonymous said...

Yasmine Bleeth and Pammy Anderson (pre hepatitis and tommy lee). And who can forget the slow mo intro. Ah yes, almost makes you forget about trying to get on Trawick's calendar.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the lovely Elena Eleniak!

Pearls-for-the-Princess said...

8:28-- nice

Anonymous said...

Good stuff.

Say hello to the snowbird SFL.

Baywatch Hawaii was better.

bagel-lovers-for-the-princess said...

"Government is not the answer; it is the problem"

SFL you nailed it.

another legal scribe said...

First-time reader here. This is a really rocking legal blog! Has it been around long?

Love the pop culture stuff and comments.

Anonymous said...

11:48-- How long have you been running this blog, Alan?

South Florida Lawyers said...

12:18, nice.

newbie-who-likes-the-princess said...

10:51, It wasn't on the air too log after The Hoff-Man's character was let go.

Anonymous said...

12:51, Yep ain't no doubt about it. There is somethin' definitely wrong with Newbie.

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