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The Water Cooler – Do You Think The State Will Ever Go Back To Punishing Burglary, Shoplifting Suspects?

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The “Water Cooler” is a feature on Claycord.com where we ask you a question or provide a topic, and you talk about it.

The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday in the noon hour.

QUESTION: Do you think the state of California will ever go back to giving criminals real jail/prison time for crimes such as shoplifting, burglary, etc.?

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Talk about it.

38 comments


Captain Bebops June 17, 2024 - 12:14 PM - 12:14 PM

“Politics swings like the pendulum do.”
 
IOW, the public is so ticked off about this change will be needed. Don’t accept the willy-nilly heads that got themselves elected to public off to do much about it, but put pressure on them anyway. OTOH, the root of the problem is a screwed up economy where money is wasted on wars of empire so people steal to survive. Stop making the rich richer from war.

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S June 17, 2024 - 12:17 PM - 12:17 PM

One can only hope………..

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Original G June 17, 2024 - 12:23 PM - 12:23 PM

There’s somethin’ happenin’ here.
Everybody is looking at what’s going down.
There’s battle lines being drawn.
DEM politicians are scared,
Paranoia strikes deep.
Into their lives, it will creep.
It starts when they’re always afraid
of being voted out of office.

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V June 18, 2024 - 5:17 PM - 5:17 PM

Black Sabbath ‘War Pigs’
comes to mind…..

Old-school guy June 17, 2024 - 12:27 PM - 12:27 PM

If repealing prop 47 makes it to the ballot in November and it passes, that will be a good start.

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Original G June 17, 2024 - 8:39 PM - 8:39 PM

546,651 were required, June 11 secretary of state announced initiative had qualified for the ballot. The campaign submitted at least 652,100 valid signatures. It will be up to the voters, do we putting our state back the way it was before woke DEM male bovine excrement screwed it up.
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Voters need to send a very clear message ! ! !

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V June 18, 2024 - 5:18 PM - 5:18 PM

But it mighta been ‘rigged’ LOL

Warm Kitty June 17, 2024 - 12:35 PM - 12:35 PM

As long as liberals are in charge, NOPE.

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Never Enough June 17, 2024 - 12:41 PM - 12:41 PM

I think they will but it takes time. Eventually everyone will have a personal experience to dwell upon when they vote and the tide will shift.

I can say 4 of my neighbors have had cars stolen now. One person got mugged. One person had a house invasion. So these individuals have changed their minds a lot.

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Dawg June 17, 2024 - 12:47 PM - 12:47 PM

Only if and when the voters wise up and start voting the Dems out of office. It boggles my mind how many liberal DA’s in the state are refusing to prosecute, how many liberal judges are refusing to hand down stiffer penalties, how many liberal mayors, and liberal police chiefs are ordering their cops to stand down, and how many foolish Democrats will keep voting for the same corrupt officials.
Gavin Newsom is cutting back on prison personnel, defunding the police and granting tens of thousands of inmates an early release from prison, so the state can afford to give free health care and free education to the illegal invaders that have no legal right to be in our country. Gavin Newsom is nothing more than an evil narcissist.

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Abe June 17, 2024 - 5:06 PM - 5:06 PM

DAWG
The voters have no say in how the state is managed.

No matter how we vote, the government will do as it pleases.

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FPN June 18, 2024 - 12:16 PM - 12:16 PM

Exactly. We voted to reinstated the death penalty but Gavin vetoed it Stricter laws for modified exhaust systems. Again Vetod by Newsom.

Hammer Head June 17, 2024 - 12:51 PM - 12:51 PM

I hope so. You need to stop the small crimes before they become big crimes. Better to do a few hours of comminty service then a few years in jail…..

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domo June 17, 2024 - 12:55 PM - 12:55 PM

Not with Newscum & his cronies still in office – we’ve had a couple chances to oust them but the lenient libs voted for incumbents again

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Chip June 17, 2024 - 12:55 PM - 12:55 PM

Newscum has ruined this state until he’s out of office its not gonna get any better. People need to think smarter when voting.

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claude long June 17, 2024 - 12:58 PM - 12:58 PM

go back ?…i thought they were…but downgraded the seriousness of it

Angry American June 17, 2024 - 1:03 PM - 1:03 PM

would be a plus. Most creatures on this planet respond directly to consequence when determining their actions.

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Amy June 17, 2024 - 1:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Watch out! Lots of

Concord Guy June 17, 2024 - 1:33 PM - 1:33 PM

It will take some time. It is critical to have District Attorneys who are willing to aggressively prosecute shoplifters and car thieves. And some components of Prop 47 have to be repealed.

We’re not likely to see a Republican elected to statewide office for a long time given the current state of the Republican Party. Therefore political pressure must be kept up on the statewide office holders (especially governor and attorney general). Pressure also need to be kept up on municipal and county officials.

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Rollo Tomasi June 18, 2024 - 2:07 PM - 2:07 PM

“… the current state of the Republican Party.”
I’m a registered Independent, but you can’t possibly believe the California Electorate is blameless here.

Amy June 17, 2024 - 1:36 PM - 1:36 PM

Pay attention because there is lots of chatter about replacing Dementia Joe for Pretty Boy Newsom in the November election.

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frank June 17, 2024 - 2:05 PM - 2:05 PM

The problem is we can pass all the laws we want but Newsom is closing prisons and turning criminals loose by the ton weight.

DAs like Becton and that harridan in Alameda county are doing their best to keep crooks out of jail and rehabilitate people that have never been habilitated .

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Original G June 18, 2024 - 11:17 AM - 11:17 AM

If a person doesn’t have a skill set employers want,
they use the skill set learned on the streets.
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If there is no threat of substantial incarceration,
there is no deterrence to criminal behavior</b

Concord Resident June 17, 2024 - 2:23 PM - 2:23 PM

would you help elect a shoplifter to public office?

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Rollo Tomasi June 18, 2024 - 2:18 PM - 2:18 PM

If it was obvious to anyone with two brain cells to rub together that the charges were politically motivated, yes.

Badge1104 June 17, 2024 - 3:04 PM - 3:04 PM

While the public is totally fed up with crime and criminals beibg catered to,- the supermajority democrats in the state government, and DAs and judged have a different agenda and they’re probably going to try to ignore the public as long as they can while they’re pushing their agenda through. Remember this at election time!

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DD June 17, 2024 - 3:26 PM - 3:26 PM

Eventually, yes.
Enough people will become fed up with the ongoing, un-punished, crime and they will wise up enough to vote out the soft on crime politicians.

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Sick of it June 17, 2024 - 3:28 PM - 3:28 PM

Either it’s going to have to change, or with how angry and fed up people have become with it, and the lack of how the system is working under the lunacy of the democrats we will start seeing vigilante justice making a rise. And that’s something we all should fear

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V June 18, 2024 - 5:15 PM - 5:15 PM

1.Martial Law or
2. Shoot to Kill
Choose your preferred solution

The other Frank June 17, 2024 - 5:17 PM - 5:17 PM

Sadly, the voting public is getting exactly the same results at each election cycle by continuing to elect the same slate of politicians guaranteeing the same results over & over. Not until voters realize that they are responsible for the current sad state of affairs in this once great state will our fortunes improve.
Democrat or Republican, now is the time to take a really hard look at why our state is in such decline and cast your votes for the candidates of either party who have a good common sense approach to government and rid ourselves of those who cannot govern wisely.

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Original G June 17, 2024 - 6:56 PM - 6:56 PM

Voters have a chance to turn around much of damage Prop 47 did.
Hasn’t been given a number yet, here’s the URL, you can look it over yourself.
IF you agree with it, PLEASE send to people you know regardless of their political affiliation.
https://tinyurl.com/299u27fw

The Fearless Spectator June 17, 2024 - 8:14 PM - 8:14 PM

Not before thousands more responsible, tax paying, income generating citizens and corporations leave the state. By then all California will have remaining is the good weather. And weather, for now, doesn’t pay taxes.

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Denise June 18, 2024 - 6:19 AM - 6:19 AM

💯 yes!

Real Talk June 18, 2024 - 11:28 AM - 11:28 AM

I have never seen CA in worse shape than I do now. I remember a time where I wouldn’t second guess buying tickets for a concert in SF or be too concerned about attending an event at the Paramount Theatre Oakland but now I am. The benefits outweigh the risks for criminals in CA so their mindset is ‘why not?’ We lock up toothpaste and not criminals in our state. Meanwhile the law-abiding citizens are the ones suffering as we cater to the criminals.We really needed a new DA and sadly there was the most pathetic turn out for that election.

American Citizen June 18, 2024 - 11:36 AM - 11:36 AM

We used to hang horse thieves here……

Bob June 18, 2024 - 12:05 PM - 12:05 PM

Manufactured lawlessness

V June 18, 2024 - 5:13 PM - 5:13 PM

OH, NO,
LET EM GO…..
Should be on the State Flag

V June 18, 2024 - 5:20 PM - 5:20 PM

We’ll ALL be dead & broke…..


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