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Grits comments submitted on Driver Responsibility rules

Today is the deadline for commenting on proposed Department of Public Safety rules to create an indigency program for the Orwellian-named Driver Responsibility surcharge. Find Grits' complete comments and suggested amendments to the proposed rule here. (Special thanks to Amanda Marzullo at the Texas Fair Defense Project for her excellent, stalwart work on the amendment language. UPDATE: See Amanda's written comments on behalf of TFDP.)I quite enjoyed writing Grits' comments, even sneaking in a quote from Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley declaring, ?Regardless how we measure the program, it is a disaster. It is taxation masquerading as a public safety initiative.? On that, he and I couldn't agree more.The main thrust of the comments, though, was to make an argument that more aggressively affording amnesty would serve both the state's revenue generation and public policy goals, since 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).