Wednesday, December 20, 2023

IT MUST BE SERIOUS. IT HAS A SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

By Bob Walsh


Police writing a citation.


The legislature of the formerly great state of California has created a special legislative committee to "deal with" the epidemic of organized retail theft.  This was essentially caused by the fact that the voters of the state are gullible and ignorant and voted to move the goal posts.  You can now steal up to $950 worth of stuff and you can not be taken into custody in most circumstances.  You get a ticket and have to appear in court at some time in the future, maybe, if you feel like it.  This has results in literally mobs of people descending on high end retail stores like a swarm of locust and stealing everything that isn't nailed down.  Even if a few of them do get caught it is a bullshit misdemeanor.  

This has actually caused stores to closed.  Not only mom-and-pop stores of locations of major chain retailers, like Target and Walgreens and CVS.  The problem is resulting in retail deserts in the same way that there are food deserts in some urban areas.  Places where you have to travel significantly just to buy food, especially fresh food and meat.  If you want a bag of chips and a single beer, no problem there.

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