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Pertinacious Tom

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa's elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors that provide gender affirming care to transgender people.

DeSantis also accused Warren of not pursuing criminals to the fullest extent of his powers as the state attorney of Hillsborough County.

"To take a position that you have veto powers over the laws of the state is untenable," DeSantis said at a press conference in Tampa surrounded by law enforcement.

No prosecutor can pursue every infraction to the fullest extent allowed by law, nor should they try. DeSantis knows what prosecutorial discretion is and it's a kind of "veto power" if you want to look at it that way. It's used by cops and prosecutors constantly.

So I live in the county and he’s done a good job. Crime is down in Tampa. At the same time he’s done away with bullshit prosecutions And police overreach. For example cops love to roust black people riding bikesunder the assumption that they’re drug dealer. White on a bike? - you’re fine. He just refused to prosecute fruit from a poisoned tree. Dude has been elected twice what the fuck should DSatan have to say of it.

Equally disgusted by the politician sheriffs at his side. Which is another thing why the hell are sheriffs elected And not appointed by the county?

I'm not sure I'd rather trust county commissioners than voters in selecting a sheriff. Ours aren't really that great and they're far from the worst in the state.

Anyway, I dropped by to offer some Koch-$pon$ored De$anti$ cheerleading.

...Warren was first elected in 2016, defeating a longtime Republican incumbent with the support of liberal donor George Soros. Despite clashing with law enforcement over his refusal to prosecute minor offenses, Warren was reelected in 2020. Warren has said he will fight the governor's suspension in court.

Article 4, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution allows the governor to suspend local officials for "malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony" and to appoint a temporary successor. The Florida Senate must approve a permanent removal from office and confirm the governor's replacement appointments.


Previous governors have reserved that power for extreme cases of incompetence and malfeasance.
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However, suspending a prosecutor for using their discretion sets a troubling precedent. Many prosecutors across the U.S., including federal prosecutors, prioritize their resources to go after offenders who pose a threat to public safety and civil society. It is simply not possible for prosecutors to devote equal resources to every type of offense.
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Even when prosecutors adopt policies that seem political, the governor has less extreme tools for making sure that justice is done. When former Orange-Osceola County State Attorney Aramis Ayala, a Democrat now running for state attorney general, announced that her office would no longer pursue the death penalty, Gov. Scott reassigned 30 murder cases to a different State Attorney, prompting Ayala to sue.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that Scott's decision to reassign cases from Ayala's office was a legitimate use of the governor's powers. "The executive orders reassigning the death-penalty eligible cases in the Ninth Circuit to King fall well 'within the bounds' of the Governor's 'broad authority,'" the majority opinion explained. DeSantis himself used that same ruling to reassign homicide cases from Ayala's office in 2020. However, neither governor suspended or removed her from her position.

What's more, DeSantis has declined to use his executive authority to suspend sheriffs who refused to enforce gun restrictions. Meanwhile, DeSantis has allowed state education officials to ignore federal anti-discrimination laws designed to protect LGBT students and teachers in Florida public schools.

Many lawmakers have expressed concerns that the suspension encroaches on the separation of powers between the governor and local governments in the state, something they see as contradicting DeSantis' messaging advertising his vision of a "free Florida."

"Removing a duly elected official should be based on egregious actions—not political statements," Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tweeted in response to the governor's executive order. Like many Democrats in the state, she believes that the governor is thwarting the will of voters in her city by suspending Warren. "In a free state, voters should choose their elected officials."

I agree with Mayor Castor. And if voters have some $oro$-$pon$ored help in making their choice, that's still fine with me too.
 

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Steam Flyer

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I don’t think you know how it will work
You are so naïve
I've been paying taxes for a long time, I know how it works.

The richest 1% have a far higher rate of tax evasion, and owe far FAR far more, than any hundred thousand Joe Sixpacks. They are pissed off about having to pay taxes, and their paid shills have brainwashed you into being pissed off too.

That's how it works.
 

Fat Point Jack

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I had to ask the IRS a simple question on my filed return. I waited on the phone, listening to the same 8 bars of elevator music for 45 minutes.

I'd be glad if they hired more people to answer the phone.
 

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Does anything accurate ever come from your keyboard? The lack of enforcement in the country is fucking it up as people learn the odds of getting caught go down, especially if they dog pile the system. The amount of tax evasion in this country is immense.
Nothing compared to the waste of taxpayers money
 

Steam Flyer

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Does anything accurate ever come from your keyboard? The lack of enforcement in the country is fucking it up as people learn the odds of getting caught go down, especially if they dog pile the system. The amount of tax evasion in this country is immense.
Nothing compared to the waste of taxpayers money

So which is more, taxes evaded by the richest 1% or the "waste" of taxpayers money?
 

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