Bail Reform Fail: If My Child Gets it, Why Don’t the Politicians?As I sat around the dinner table last night with my family, we talked about things that I can only assume most families talk about. How the kids’ days were at school, what our plans were for the Super Bowl and, of course, Bail Reform. Okay, you are probably thinking that my family is a little strange talking about Bail Reform, and we probably are, but as my children started asking questions, I started noticing some pretty amazing things. First, my kids were asking really good questions; common sense and simple questions that I have yet to hear from any of the politicians and staffers that I have talked to. Second, my kids immediately understood why bail reform doesn’t and won’t work. Lastly, the longer we discussed things, the more upset they became, wondering why in the world would people who were supposed to do things to help us, would do things that would potentially put us in harm’s way...[Read more here]
As I sat around the dinner table last night with my family, we talked about things that I can only assume most families talk about. How the kids’ days were at school, what our plans were for the Super Bowl and, of course, Bail Reform. Okay, you are probably thinking that my family is a little strange talking about Bail Reform, and we probably are, but as my children started asking questions, I started noticing some pretty amazing things. First, my kids were asking really good questions; common sense and simple questions that I have yet to hear from any of the politicians and staffers that I have talked to. Second, my kids immediately understood why bail reform doesn’t and won’t work. Lastly, the longer we discussed things, the more upset they became, wondering why in the world would people who were supposed to do things to help us, would do things that would potentially put us in harm’s way...[Read more here]
