OC for ME
Regular Member
Where do the funds to pay the premiums originate. No matter how removed the taxpayer is from the disbursement government employees are paid via tax dollars. Their budgets also rely upon the tax payer. Now, NM may have some form of non-tax payer funding scheme that would make them the exception to the rule.The tax payers were not held accountable. Each DPS officer has insurance through the department for civil suits and that is what is used to settle and pay for representation. So the departments premiums went up as did the individual officers. How much? I have no idea. I do know that they went up.
I did state that it was a victory for Mr. St. John. The obvious can not be ignored. But, it is the rare occasion where a wronged citizen can easily "stick it to the man." A very powerful message could have been sent. Mr. St. John clearly indicated that he had no desire to do such a thing and thus a opportunity was lost. His case is one more case that we can cite.
No sour grapes, just a simple observation.
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