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....your bag of pot in the car and get off with a slap on the wrist. And the state of MA is no longer sending courtesy reminder notices that your license is about to expire. We're going to have jails bursting with license offense felons.
I guess I'll keep my bag o' weed and my illegal immigrant in the car with me at all times so I can get a "pass" if I don't renew my license.
I'm having trouble connecting the issues of marijuana decriminalization, license renewal, and immigration. Can you elaborate on how these are related?
You have to live in Massachusetts to even try to connect the dots. Basically, it goes like this: Question 2 passed, decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Boston has long been known as a "sanctuary city" meaning illegal immigrants will not be prosecuted. But now, our RMV (don't call it a DMV here) is discontinuing mailing out courtesy reminders that your license is about to expire. So if you are caught, the fine is $1000 and a possible 6 month jail term--and it stays on your record and will show up in a CORI. But since Question 2 passed, you can have an ounce of pot on you and pay $50 and be done with it, and it does not show up on a CORI. The Sanctuary City thing is self explanatory.
You have to live in Massachusetts to even try to connect the dots. Basically, it goes like this: Question 2 passed, decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Boston has long been known as a "sanctuary city" meaning illegal immigrants will not be prosecuted. But now, our RMV (don't call it a DMV here) is discontinuing mailing out courtesy reminders that your license is about to expire. So if you are caught, the fine is $1000 and a possible 6 month jail term--and it stays on your record and will show up in a CORI. But since Question 2 passed, you can have an ounce of pot on you and pay $50 and be done with it, and it does not show up on a CORI. The Sanctuary City thing is self explanatory.
To me these still seem like separate issues.
The fine for not renewing your tags seems draconian to me. The fine for marijuana seems reasonable to me. And since there is nothing to "prosecute" illegal immigrants with, I'm not sure what you expect of the Boston police. The whole "sanctuary city" thing is a made-up term on talk radio.
I'm saying that only in Massachusetts is the penalty for something like not having renewed your driver's license worse than possessing marijuana or being an illegal alien.
If you think there's nothing odd here, then perhaps you'd be at home, politically,-- here.
I'm saying that only in Massachusetts is the penalty for something like not having renewed your driver's license worse than possessing marijuana or being an illegal alien.
If you think there's nothing odd here, then perhaps you'd be at home, politically,-- here.
I'm from Colorado and here marijuana possession is a petty offense with a $100 fine. You aren't arrested -- they write you a ticket and you're on your way.
I don't know what driving on an expired license is, but I think it's progressive -- the first offense is relatively minor, but after that it gets more serious.
And like Massachusetts, local police in Colorado have no jurisdiction to prosecute immigration infractions.
In Massachusetts one also pays (at least used to pay) a 6 year auto insurance surcharge for each chargeable accident - unless that changed. But hey one can have weed and just get a warning - makes Massachusetts sense to me, lol!
Was that the insurance company or the state government?
Insurance companies for the surcharge, the government for the license and backward laws.
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