Which is more feesible: Adding one more law to strike down hundreds of other laws, ordinances, etc in conflict with state preemption or recall elections, charging government employees, etc??
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Florida jurisdictions scrambling to comply! Can we do it here?
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Which is more feesible: Adding one more law to strike down hundreds of other laws, ordinances, etc in conflict with state preemption or recall elections, charging government employees, etc??
amlevin
Regular Member
The law that strikes down all these conflicting laws in various jurisdictions is there already and as it was pointed out in a previous discussion on this topic there is also a penalty for violating it. The crux of the matter is nobody is enforcing it. Putting a law in place requiring them to do so would just be another ignored law.
Solution is to take away the jobs of those who ignore the law, and who's responsibility it was to enforce it.
sudden valley gunner
Regular Member
The problem is that if most areas in Washington is like Whatcom County, the prosecutor is also the legal adviser for the council and the sheriff and the rest of the county gov. So who is going to prosecute? Without private prosecution the government isn't going to prosecute itself.
I think this needs to be a definite separation between these powers there is no checking and no balancing between them.
I think this needs to be a definite separation between these powers there is no checking and no balancing between them.
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Jeff Hayes
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FMCDH
Regular Member
You elect a Governor that has the back bone to upset the status-quo and hold state government accountable under the law which they are bound. Its not a matter of cant, its a matter of wont with the current one.
amlevin
Regular Member
Prosecutors, who are elected, can be recalled without any change in current law. I believe I mentioned that earlier. Since it's up to the Prosecutor to charge and prosecute those who break the laws, getting them to do their job, or "taking their job away" is one solution.
amlevin
Regular Member
FMCDH
Regular Member
Let's face it our current Governor just doesn't have the balls for the job
*groan & facepalm*