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Tennessee Supreme Court rules that a gas station is responsible for the actions of drunk driver because it sold him gasoline

The supreme court ruling states: "We conclude that a convenience store employee owes a duty of reasonable care to persons on the roadways including the plaintiffs, not to sell gasoline to a person whom the employee knows (or reasonably ought to know) to be intoxicated and to be the driver of a motor vehicle."

A Cincinnati Jury rules that parents of a 17 year old teen (at the time) are 70% responsible for their son's 2003 attack upon a 13 year old girl

"It sends a message to parents that even if the child is 11 days shy of 18 years old, a parent is liable for the supervision and control of their children and what they entrust them with," said attorney Stanley Chesley, who represented the Hilmer family.Benjamin White had grabbed Casey as she was jogging in suburban Indian Hills, dragged her to a wooded area and stabbed her in the face and neck.

BOSTON, Aug. 24 - A juvenile court judge who said he was trying to protect the public from a "serious problem" with guns set bail at $250,000 this week for a 12-year-old boy arrested after police officers investigating loud noises said he was found with a loaded gun.
Judge Paul D. Lewis, first justice of the Boston Juvenile Court, set the bail after prosecutors requested a $5,000 surety for the boy, who had no criminal record. His family was unable to post the bail, and he was being held in a youth detention center.


Bush Economics at work
Want a Wal-Mart job? Join the crowd 11,000 apply for 400 openings at retailer's new Oakland store

The company offers an average hourly wage in the Bay Area of $10.82.
The Bay Area also has lost hundreds of jobs to outsourcing and offshoring, compounded by all the jobs that never came back after the local economy collapsed.
"It's not about Wal-Mart -- it's about the rest of the labor market," Levy said. "If the rest of the labor market was strong, you wouldn't have 11, 000 people applying for 400 jobs
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/17/MNGDPE91AH1.DTL

In the San Francisco Bay area, the median home price hit $606,000, up 17.9 percent over July 2004, while a median-priced home in Southern California fetched $469,000, up 16.7 percent over the same month last year.
Wonder what kind of home a $10 an hour Wal-Mart employee can buy?


One huge reason why government doesn’t work for us the people!

Nonprofits Cloak Donors to Governor ( California)
· Tax-exempt groups provide millions from sources not made public. Ethics watchdogs say the practice avoids state disclosure laws.( http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nonprofits24aug24,0,3189569.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines

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