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Whatever the reason, I am glad they have these checkpoints and such, but I really wish they would do more checking on a daily basis. We need to get these people that are under the influence of alcohol and drugs off the streets. I have no pity for them. I pity the people that have their lives turned upside down by these drivers. We (as a society) are too damn easy on them!If you think that the cops care about your safety, you are wrong! They are just fullfilling orders for quota. Follow the money thats what its all about, money creates control.
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#89 Mar 19, 2012
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#90 Mar 21, 2012
When is it ever okay to rollover and play dead? I have talked to people who say "If your not doing anything wrong then whats the problem with the law doing a search or giving blow test?" Here is the problem, If you haven't been drinking and a cop wants to give you a "breathlizer" test and you refuse you are charged with dwi because you refused a blow test. Now where did innocent until proven guilty go? This is clearly a violation of my right as an american citizen. The police can make up the law as they go and if you don't roll over and play dead for them then you are an outlaw. I call BS.
#91 Mar 21, 2012
Driving is a privilege not a right. Read implied consent.
#92 Mar 22, 2012
For your information driving has become a necessity in the last 30 years, however that does not make it right to give up your rights. No implied consent to that.
#93 Mar 22, 2012
Eventhough driving has become a necessity. I agree we need to drive. It is still a privilege and not a right. You signed your driver's license right? By signing your license you agree to forfeit your driving privilege if you refuse a chemical test of your breath or blood. However the officer has to reason to believe you were driving driving drunk.
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#94 Mar 24, 2012
If u refuse then u have a reason besides there are many DWI's not just drinking but drug and pills or anything. And they had made it where if u refused they could take ur blood without ur ok..but that's different if u refuse and they have just cause they can take ur blood..but if ur not doing anything wrong there isn't any reason to refuse! Right?
#95 Mar 26, 2012
I fully understand what you are saying and I agree to a point. However it is a violation of law to charge someone with a crime if no crime has been committed. There is reason to refuse any test, It's my right to not have to submit. If I have done nothing wrong, not drinking,no drugs, whatever, flat out then it's a violation of my right of innocent till proven guilty. NO Law should bully a citizen, and no cop should bully a citizen. Only those connected to the warped way of thinking would ever approve of these methods. That Said, I do not condone drugs or drinking and driving but don't bully me just because you can.
#96 Mar 26, 2012
First of all cops don't randomly pull people over and bully them into giving a breath test. There is the violation of Missouri law and sometimes the violation gives to police a reasonable suspicion that the driver is impaired. Contact with the driver can add to it. Then you have field sobriety test which also shows impairment. If clues from the driving, contact with driver and field sobriety gives the officer probable cause to believe the driver operated a motor vehicle while impaired an arrest is made. Then implied consent is redad and breath, blood, or urine test can be requested. If you refuse they will take blood because the body is destroying evidence and there is not enough time to obtain a search warrant. If you are at the point of debating on refusing then you must know you were impaired. The only bullying being done is all the idiots that think it is okay drink and drive.
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#97 Mar 26, 2012
I agree with you! People need to realise driving isn't a right! Our policemen\women aren't given the respect they should be given..how would you feel if a drunk hit and killed ur friend or a member of ur family....wouldn't you of rather them be in the back of a police car instead of in the driverseat of the car that just ran over a small child...and their mom come on people...
(Really you put it great thanks)
#98 Mar 27, 2012
you are an ass kisser. If im not impaired in anyway whatsoever no matter what mr police officer thinks and I refuse any field test then I am automatically charged with dwi,dui, or whatever mr officer thinks. If you would have read the prior post then you wouldnt keep jumping off topic. Then it is a violation of my rights, where is that right? It's not, so keep beating your perfect bible thumping chest and kiss my ass.
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#99 Mar 30, 2012
Lol I'm not an ass kisser my hubby is a police officer so I asked them about all this..and they won't ask u to do the test PBT unless u fail all others and you aren't asked to do them unless u give reason for them to do so! So if u fail all the tests and then refuse the BPT u shouldn't be driving. As for the Bible remark...I did read all the posts b4 and ur saying all this violating ur rights and its not driving isn't a right! And driving while doing drugs, drinking, and or even some meds can get you in to trouble. Anyway they aren't just gonna pull u over and tell u to take a pbt or ua without doing all the other tests first so if ur sober u will be fine and ur so called rights won't be stepped on by any of our officers!
#100 Mar 30, 2012
Unless you fail all others, lol my point exactly.
#101 Mar 30, 2012
Your not making sense now "serious". Iluv left out the fact that you have the right to request a lawyer prior to a breathalyzer test, because at that point you are subject to a lawful probable cause arrest. The purpose of the breath test is to gather additional evidence. The pbt taken in the field is not admissible as a specific quanity of alcohol. It only determines the presence.
#102 Apr 2, 2012
I said no use as in nada,none,nary, got it?
#103 Apr 20, 2013
if u have none in ur system then u should have anything to worry about. The officer will only ask u to do such test if u smell of something intoxicating and or he/she sees somehing in car..
#104 Apr 21, 2013
Another lonely night Jackie? Get a life.
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The Indians shocked much of baseball by signing All-Star outfielder Michael Bourn in February to a deal worth up to $60 million over five years.
While the team then surprised en route to 92 wins and an AL Wild Card appearance, Bourn disappointed. After a four-year near-superstar average of 4.8 jWAR (definition here), he posted a measly 2.2 jWAR in 2013 – just barely above legitimate starter levels.
This week, Cleveland added veteran David Murphy to the fold. He's expected to play the larger half of a platoon in right field with Ryan Raburn. This now presents an even more crowded logjam in the outfield along with Bourn, Michael Brantley, Nick Swisher and arbitration-eligible Drew Stubbs.
All of these players have a ton of versatility, just as Terry Francona likes it. But it's doubtful all six are on the roster come April. Thus, one potential option that is gaining more traction in the Tribe blogosphere is the concept of trading Michael Bourn.
Before fans start jumping up with their pitchforks, there is a lot to entertain about this concept. As a comparison, let's consult the following chart. Keep in mind that analysis has shown a free-market win above replacement level in baseball to be worth between $5-7 million.
The three players are likely easy to guess, if you are aware of recent Indians talk and rumors. But it's fun to remove pre-conceived notions for a moment: Which player(s) presents the biggest long-term albatross to an organization, one that already might be struggling to make the salary numbers come together in 2014 and beyond?
In a sense, for as much as fans talk about Asdrubal Cabrera (Player #2), his salary situation is nothing compared to that of Michael Bourn (Player #1). And while Drew Stubbs (Player #3) might be hardly above replacement-level, he's certainly not much of a salary risk right now.
As of now, many are up in arms about the idea of paying 28-year-old Cabrera $10 million for one final season in 2014. He was below average overall this past year, undoubtedly. But he's still been one of the five best hitting shortstops in baseball for the last three seasons. He's shown the ability to easily be worth over $10 million.
Bourn, on the other hand, is owed much more money and could be declining faster (more on this later). He turns 31 next month. His contract balloons from $7 million in 2013 to $13.5 million for each of the next two seasons. He's then owed $14 million in 2016, followed by a $12 million vesting option1 for 2017. That makes it likely a $53 million deal for four more years.
That could bring Bourn into trade conversations, even though many assume the 29-year-old Stubbs is the odd man out. He's offensively challenged as everyone has learned from his 79 OPS+ over the past three seasons. But he provides defense, some speed and moderate upside at a low cost. MLBTradeRumors projects him to earn about $3.8 million in his second-to-last arbitration season in 2014.
Would you rather pay $3.8 million for Stubbs' expected limited production or $13.5 million for what you might be getting from Michael Bourn? That is a huge difference of $10 million for a team like the Indians.
The logical criticism in many fans' minds: If the Indians are potentially having these thoughts, then why would any other team take on Bourn's gigantic deal? Well, if you recall, the concept of trading Bourn actually was written about as soon as he signed with the Indians.
Grantland's Jonah Keri, one of my favorite baseball writers, applauded the signing and its versatility long-term for the Indians. After suggesting that the Indians could the springboard the signing to additional revenue and a playoff run, he offered up this alternative.
"Or maybe the Indians will see where Bourn takes them, then make him available in trade if the rest of the team can't pull their weight. By offering him up that way, Cleveland would eliminate the specter of losing a high draft pick (and the corresponding slot money) that other teams fretted over this winter, in the process dropping Bourn's asking price."
ESPN Insider's Keith Law was much more pessimistic about the deal. He still saw the Indians are a imperfect team with no exact direction in signing Swisher and Bourn to such major deals. Thus, he saw a future trade as a possible rationale for investing such money on a mediocre roster.
"The only other explanation for their signings this winter is that they're stockpiling assets that they believe will appear underpriced a year from now, and will thus be valuable in the trade market — and they may be right, as neither Swisher nor Bourn signed for as much money on a per-year basis as we might have expected in a high-inflation market."
Of course, then the Indians performed well in 2013, perhaps earning back the bulk of the money on the deals for both Swisher and Bourn already. And, as Keri noted in one of his comments, even if Bourn is worth just 2 WAR, then $12 million is an appropriate annual salary per the free-market expectations.
So yes, based on his sub-par 2013 performance, Michael Bourn still probably is worth $13.5 million. That's the benefit of a player who contributes at radical levels with his defense and baserunning. But the bigger topic: Are those skills that might decline faster than those of a bat-only 2 WAR player?
In FanGraphs' Jeff Sullivan's article about the Bourn signing, there were links to articles about "questions regarding how well he'll age." In the two respective articles about his offense and defense, their cast of writers share concerns about signing him to a deal longer than three years and his potential for pulling a Chone Figgins2, a limited offensive talent who dropped off significantly when his speed started deteriorating.
Which brings me back to The Diff that I wrote in February after the Bourn signing. At the time, I had theorized that because Bourn was such a diverse baseball talent, accumulating wins above replacement from so many different areas, that of course he would age well. Per the research from FanGraphs and elsewhere, that's certainly the case. And if 2013 was a glimpse of anything, Bourn could be in for a rough 2014-2017.
Was the Bourn signing perhaps a mistake by the Indians? That's something I've written about before, along with the Swisher deal. Teams like the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays don't normally commit such money to players on the downswings of their careers. But yet, the Indians rebuilt fan trust in 2013 and brought in added revenue from the late-season run to the playoffs.
So it's possible that a Bourn trade would never be on the table because of the expectations of the Indians in 2014 to compete and the possible implications of losing some of that trust with the fanbase. As Jon shared in our starting pitchers roundtable, a possible 2 WAR player is worth more to a likely fringe-playoff 86-win team that it is to most other squads around baseball.
This trade idea is just a fan-generated trade murmur so far. There's been no rumors or reports of the team's willingness to depart so quickly from the former All-Star. But if the team starts slow or Bourn continues his descent, I certainly wouldn't be opposed to such a deal and the salary flexibility it would open up for the Indians long term.
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- 550 plate appearances are the necessary qualification [↩]
- he averaged 2.7 jWAR for a five-season stretch from 2004-2008, then had a breakout 7.2 jWAR in 2009 before leaving Los Angeles via free agency. After that, he posted a combined -1.0 jWAR in his final three seasons for Seattle. He did not play in 2013. [↩]

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Clint residents, churches file lawsuit over cracking structures
An update now on amazing story you saw first on ABC-7.
Dozens of Clint residents, at least a couple of churches and the town of Clint have now filed a lawsuit, all of them alleging cracks in their foundations and structures are due to Lower Valley Water District project.
The lawsuit was filed at the end of December and has more than 50 plantiffs, all of them from the town of Clint. ABC-7 spoke by phone with the Corpus Christi attorney who is handling the case.
"What we know for sure is they removed 1,300 acre feet of water, enough water to cover 1300 acres to a depth of one foot," said attorney Kathryn Snapka. "What it actually did was permanently lowered the water table and it's not necessary to take that much water out of the system."
Snapka is referring to Bain and Red Cliff Construction, who are among six different construction and engineering firms listed as defendents in this case. She alleges that after a Lower Valley Water District sewer project began, cracks started appearing in dozens of Clint homes and at least a couple of churches as their foundations sank.
Many residents, including Raymond Jones, showed ABC-7 back in June of 2012 the cracks and drastic changes that they saw in their homes after the sewer project began and water started being removed.
Snapka said she believes the residents and town of Clint will prevail in this case and the total damages awarded will likely be extensive.
"We have the lead plaintiff, which is the Bond Memorial Methodist Church, has stood for more than 100 years with hardly any cracking at all and yet in the two years since this project started there are cracks running throughout the adobe," Snapka said. "That repair alone will be running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Snapka said contracts with Red Cliff and Bain Construction state if there is any damage to properties due to the project they would "correct it." But she added that when contacted they refused to "live up to their end of the bargain," forcing her to file the lawsuit.
Neither Bain or Red Cliff Construction had a comment on the litigation when contacted by ABC-7.