Blog Stage 8

In the blog http://uggnoname.blogspot.com/ I found it interesting that you said you felt like you are not alone.  You are not alone, and there are so many people trying to argue this point. I have found there to be more cons then pros ever since they have built the F1 track. I just am happy I don't live in that area. I hate traffic myself, and I would never allow myself to sit in traffic for as long as you did. Before building the track I am sure a lot of thought had to go around about the driving problems and what the neighborhood wanted and didn't want. I just do not think they put as much thought as they could have into it. I know money is such a big issue these days but if they can have the money to build the track for millions of people to come enjoy the races then I think they can manage to put the millions of dollars into what it would take to build more convenient roads for the people this effects. Good point. And you are one voice of many that also feel the same way you do.

Blog Stage 7

 In the article I read from the http://austin.ynn.com titled Prosecutors, MADD Team Up On Drunken Driving Legislation, I found it tough to believe that the non profit organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving teamed up with law enforcement officials to ask law makers to pass two bills of of legislation they think is going to help save lives. This organization has been trying for 18 years and is going to continue to try to get state legislature to pass laws allowing police officers to enforce what they call sobriety checkpoints. 

 Out of all the states in the country, Texas has seen the most deaths in result of drunken driving incident. They believe that having these checkpoints would stop drunk driving and from the evidence shown, Lewis who was arguing for this law said, "Checkpoints would reduce the number of fatalities by 20 percent." If this law is to be passed, police would be permitted to establish checkpoints on roads stopping drunken drivers. 

 Meanwhile waiting this fight, the judicial end of things proposed another bill giving deferred adjudication and treatment to the first time offenders. Another argument Lewis had was that he believed we were just housing young citizens of drunk driving for their first offense to their 3rd offense when instead of us giving them the real treatment they need. I have personally never been in a drunken driving situation thank god, but I can't possibly see this law being passed seeing the downside of things. Although I do want to help prevent drunk driving from happening, I feel there to be more cons then pros in this situation and it will just bring other unrelated issued to surface.