Help i have a felony

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  1. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Many of the entire law force are blooming idiots and get paid good money for it.Thank you for clearing that up.I don't think I could call the judge an idiot,lol.
     
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    LOL no I don't make it a habit of doing that but I have pointed out my position rather strongly to them a time or two, Course, I was always respectful when I did it!LOL
     
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    70s, I am 59 years old, have been out of work for a while and have no car. CDL school is about four weeks and I can begin earning a living right away. I am divorced, both my sons are Marines so I have no issue going OTR - in fact I would love it. To go back to school for computer training (yawn) would take 1-2 years and then work where I have to play nicely with others. After being screwed over by co-workers - excuse me - "team members" in the past, I want a job where I don't have to rely on anyone but myself to get it done.
     
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    I did tell a cop off in Ohio and called him a bad name.Was about to rip the ticket up in front of him.That was back in 2005.Took yrs to finally get over it.
     
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    LOL you go girl. some of them need to be chewed out but luckily, they are few and far between. I had one a long time ago who wrote me up for an accident that wasn't my fault. I refused to sign the ticket. He kept threatening to take me to jail and I kept encouraging him to so he called his watch commander out there. I told him what happened, he said well we cant make you sign that ticket but I wouldn't want to be you when you go in front of that judge. I told him Id take my chances. While we were talking, the lady who was working in the convenience store on the corner where the wreck happened came out and told them she saw the whole thing and that the other guy ran the redlight. The watch commander voided the ticket.
     
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    He gave me an unjustly ticket.Told him im not signing that.You don't i'll have to take your license.My signature was nothing more then a chicken scratch.I have never been so angry as that day.I wasn't even doing 55 and he clocked me at 67.I fought it and of course lost.Should have hired to lawyer to take care of it.
     
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    Yea on something like that, its always best to hire a lawyer. Like I say there are a lot of Great Officers out there and I definitely give credit where credit is due. If I think I may be guilty, I will sign the ticket and even tell the officer I appreciate him but if I don't think Im guilty, I will fight them as far as they want to go with it.
     
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    Then you'll be disappointed with Carolina Cargo. They drive teams, so you'll be relying on somebody else all the time, everyday.

    And when they screw up, you better hope they're more honest than the guy that tried to pin his backing incident on me, even though he was the driver on duty when it happened.

    (lol... hope an ex-con is honest... I kill me)
     
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    Yea your situation sounds like another thread that was on here not too long ago about a driver who got fired because his co-driver tore the drive shaft out of the truck. The QC was signed in to the driver who got fired but his co-driver is the one who tore the driveshaft out while he was out of the truck.
     
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    I would love to get into the whole child support debate but thread is not the place to do it. I might start one in the Political section next week. Check there.

    What I am proud of is the test that going to prison put me through. I know I was correct by my action. The law is clear in Missouri. Child Support ends when a "child" enters active duty in the military. Every veteran knows that Basic Training is active duty. The Judge was not a veteran and no one in the court was a Veteran but me. So the judge asked me why I was defying him. I told him I had a low tolerance for stupidity.

    Anyway, I am one of those people born with the silver spoon and while I am a combat veteran, I mostly have not been tested. Prison was a test. I had to deal with folks who had raped, murdered, stole, and lots of other scary things. Plus at the time I was running for Congress. I got 38% of the vote while I was locked up, thank you. When you go to prison it is best to keep a low profile. That was hard for me with Channels, 4, 5, 9, 41 showing up with cameras. Everyone in Prison knew who I was. But this men respected me for standing up for something I believe. It is a good feeling to receive respect from anyone but for some reason getting respect from people who do not usually respect anyone was uplifting to say the least.

    Prison changed me. I always had tried to help out when I could but now I rush in to fight fights that others avoid. I will never be elected anything but I think I make a difference here and there.

    Enough, hire ex-cons. Give them a chance and you will see that they will earn it. 10 cents a mile is a lot of money when you have spent time in prison making 8 dollars a month. Carolina Cargo su cks for paying such low wages but should be praised for giving a guy a chance. Companies who refuse to hire felons are adding to the problem.
     
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