ARLnow.com - Arlington, Va. - Breaking News, Opinions & Community Happenings » All Posts http://www.arlnow.com/forums/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:53:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://www.arlnow.com/topic/open-air-drug-market-in-north-arlington-police-do-nothing/#post-77126 <![CDATA[Reply To: Open air drug market in North Arlington: Police do nothing]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/open-air-drug-market-in-north-arlington-police-do-nothing/#post-77126 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:10:47 +0000 dezlboy @fromthehill,

I suggest contacting the president of your community association and discuss. They can work with your police contact (each Police District has one).  The police may be working on this issue, in spite of individual policeman’s actions.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/restaurant-talk-column-ideas/page/6/#post-77125 <![CDATA[Reply To: Restaurant Talk Column: Ideas?]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/restaurant-talk-column-ideas/page/6/#post-77125 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:20:52 +0000 AKB Sunshine: You just won the thread. I have decided to not eat out – I keep wanting to try new places that might serve vegan. So, a waste of time and energy and money for then going vegetarian. No more. I am voting with my checkbook. If I break this experiment, then I will post. So, this is last post. If no one hears from me again, then I am not trying any restaurant. My silent protest, too.

NB: I have called places, like that little serow and hill country, only to be laughed at. I still went with my group, but had nothing. Yes, it may work to call but my experience says it will rarely work. Okay, bye. My eating home only and not posting here begins now.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77124 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77124 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:45:32 +0000 dezlboy @NS, good questions. See my previous reply in message  77110. But, in shorthand, my answer is “yes” and “yes.”  If found guilty, the judge can take into consideration the driver’s remorse when sentencing occurs.  If the investigation does not reveal any damning facts (drinking, drugs) and the driver otherwise has a clean record, I would recommend a suspended sentence, community service, etc.

@NS asked, “How is my opinion relevant.”  Good question again.    In my experience when someone engages others in a discussion, the originator of the discussion is expected to have a “give and take” that includes responding to questions with answers, not just more questions.  I have found that discussions are much more productive following this social norm.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77123 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77123 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:19:52 +0000 novasteve How is my opinion relevant? i’m asking the quesiton should he be charged? I don’t see any benefit to charging him. It won’t bring the dead kid back and the dead kid was equally if not more responsible for this own actions and consequences of those actions. Is this some prosecutor trying to score political points?

 

 

Should the boy have been charged had he survived? Would the driver have been charged had the boy survived?

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77122 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77122 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:21 +0000 dezlboy @NS, allow me to reiterate the procedure for a productive discussion.  You ask a question, I answer. I ask a question, you answer.  Then and only then are you allowed to ask another question.   Thus, please answer my previous question, before asking another.   You don’t want to be a “double dipper” do you?  Thank you for you cooperation.

My previous question was, “@NS, as someone with legal experience, how would you answer your question?”

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77120 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77120 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:29 +0000 halj

Are you a passenger if you aren’t in the vehicle? If the police caught them in the act, the driver could have said he didn’t give permission for him to hang on.

Wikipedia says no.  Feel free to change it.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77116 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77116 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:15:13 +0000 novasteve Are you a passenger if you aren’t in the vehicle? If the police caught them in the act, the driver could have said he didn’t give permission for him to hang on.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77114 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77114 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:12:13 +0000 Captain_Obvious yea, offer your opinion for a change…one that isn’t filled with questions.  Please offer statements that end in periods, not question marks.

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77112 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77112 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:07:11 +0000 dezlboy @NS, as someone with legal experience, how would you answer your question?

]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77111 <![CDATA[Reply To: Do you think the driver should be charged with reckless driving in the case of]]> http://www.arlnow.com/topic/do-you-think-the-driver-should-be-charged-with-reckless-driving-in-the-case-of/#post-77111 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:53 +0000 sansabelt Liberals!

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