Larry Gude
Strung Out
I have a court date 8:30 Friday AM.
Do I go tomorrow and pay the damn $75 and be done with it (only thing on my record, last ticket 9 years ago)
Or do I go fight for justice? For you and me?
(this is my speeding ticket BTW for those who perhaps had something better to do than keep up with the wheels of justice)
The excuse:
"Your honor, you look very fine today by the way. Is that a new robe? The color suits you SO fine. It is my intention today to right a wrong. This fine officer you see here today is being, by the way, is that a new holster? It goes with your ensemble SO nice, so very nice. Anyway, your worship, this here excellent officer is being MISUSED, misapplied I say, misdeployed and Miss USA'd, which is to say he is one fine, fine looking officer don't you think, your Emminence?
To wit, he is being FORCED by his lazy ass, greedy superiors to sit, SIT I say, like some peeping Tom, waiting for the smallest violation, as some second rate tax collector, instead of boldly patrolling our fair streets as he was so obviously born to do.
Your Ceasr-ness, shall we, as a people, stand idle while such a limited, needed and brave resource such as this officer is thus abused by those nefarious rapscallions, sitting behind desks, mocking your authority as local potentate, concocting low brow chores in order for this man to earn his daily bread?
I say NO, your honor! No! To speedtraps. NO to wasteful expenditures of such honorable volunteers to the cause, NO, to ENTRAPMENT!
Do I go tomorrow and pay the damn $75 and be done with it (only thing on my record, last ticket 9 years ago)
Or do I go fight for justice? For you and me?
(this is my speeding ticket BTW for those who perhaps had something better to do than keep up with the wheels of justice)
The excuse:
"Your honor, you look very fine today by the way. Is that a new robe? The color suits you SO fine. It is my intention today to right a wrong. This fine officer you see here today is being, by the way, is that a new holster? It goes with your ensemble SO nice, so very nice. Anyway, your worship, this here excellent officer is being MISUSED, misapplied I say, misdeployed and Miss USA'd, which is to say he is one fine, fine looking officer don't you think, your Emminence?
To wit, he is being FORCED by his lazy ass, greedy superiors to sit, SIT I say, like some peeping Tom, waiting for the smallest violation, as some second rate tax collector, instead of boldly patrolling our fair streets as he was so obviously born to do.
Your Ceasr-ness, shall we, as a people, stand idle while such a limited, needed and brave resource such as this officer is thus abused by those nefarious rapscallions, sitting behind desks, mocking your authority as local potentate, concocting low brow chores in order for this man to earn his daily bread?
I say NO, your honor! No! To speedtraps. NO to wasteful expenditures of such honorable volunteers to the cause, NO, to ENTRAPMENT!
Don't give excuses - just admit guilt and that your record is clean. 
Maybe you outta just pay the fine.