When 3 days is 5 hours and other random thoughts

20 years before the 2005 movie version of The Dukes of Hazzard, starring Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville; there was a TV series with the same title.  John Schneider and Tom Wopat were "Bo Duke" and "Luke Duke" and is an image of one of the cars used in the series.

John Schneider was supposed to spend three days in the Los Angeles County Jail for failure to pay over $150,000 in back child support.  According to TMZ, he checked in at 10:29 a.m. for his stay.  He was released just over five hours later, at 3:46 p.m.  Why?  Because most non-violent offenders are released very quickly from jails due to overcrowding.

Should we be building more jails so that non-violent offenders aren't cycled through the system so rapidly?  Should we use house arrest with ankle monitors instead for these people so they serve their full sentence; albeit under house arrest.

Tough problem with no easy solution.

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It was a rough first day back on the job for Rachel Elizabeth Tyler at the Twin Peaks location on Southwest 3rd Street in Oklahoma City.  The new waitress was arrested after she was observed skimming credit cards.

This blog will try to stay abreast of the story.

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You have to love politics in Nevada.  Only in Nevada could there be a headline like this on the website of CBS News.

Dennis Hof is the owner of seven legal brothels in Nevada.  He is the star of the HBO reality series "Cathouse."  Only in Nevada could he win a primary election in which he defeated a three-term incumbent member of the Nevada Legislature.  He refers to himself as the "Trump from Pahrump."  He even wrote a book, like Trump.

Consider Wendell P. Williams for a moment.  He spent many years serving in the Nevada State Legislature.  In a 2003 column for the Las Vegas Sun, Erin Neff detailed how he showed his disdain for the law.  He faced jail time for failure to appear on a citation.  He didn't show, he called the judge.  When fined $15,000 for failing to file campaign disclosures, the Secretary of State allowed him to pay off the fine WITHOUT interest and with payments of only $100 per month.

Only in Nevada.

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Jason Frank is owed millions by law firm Eagan Avenatti.  Yes, Michael Avenatti, lawyer for Stormy Daniels, creator of the hashtag #Basta.  Frank filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy court to seize all legal fees the firm could earn from 54 cases; including the $577,000 from crowdfunding to defray the legal bills of Ms Daniels.

Moral:  Don't personally guarantee a payment if it isn't going to be made.

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This next item is something that would normally not appear in this space, due to the ban on things Kardashian.  But I want to give props to Kim Kardashian West, who will finally get to meet Alice Marie Johnson in person.  She worked hard to secure this woman's release from an overlong prison sentence.

Kim Kardashian West did thing here.

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How many more passes will Donald Trump give to EPA Head Scott Pruitt?  The Washington Post is reporting on yet another instance where Pruitt had one of his aides working to find a job for his wife.  The aide contacted someone with connections to the oil industry, and who had been a major donor to Pruitt's campaigns when he was an elected official.

This guy is filling the swamp all by himself.