Brickbat: Driven To Drink

Kayla Pier, a former school bus driver in Indiana's La Porte County, has been charged with operating while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent. Students called to report Pier for apparently driving her bus under the influence. The school transportation director caught up to the bus and removed her from driving, and she resigned the same day. But a criminal investigation did not start until a month later, when the school turned over the results of a toxicology test to the sheriff's office. Investigators also got security video from the bus and video shot by students onboard.

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[Vernon Depner]

So, what's the libertarian take on this? That she shouldn't have been charged as long as she didn't hit anything?

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Drive your own damn kids to school!

[TJJ2000]

RU trying to conflate traffic law with prohibition?
Why not just 'ban' the bus and call it a day? Even sober drivers wreck sometimes.

[mad.casual]

So, what's the libertarian take on this?

End public schooling.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I wonder how admissible that report is if the police did not perform it.

[Rossami]

Good question. Third party evidence is allowed in criminal cases so it's not automatically excluded but the defense could probably attack the chain of custody controls.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Here's one I found over the weekend...

When Bryan contacted the IRS and told them that the Russians’ attorney was at fault, he was told by a representative that he was “the only one with an asset we [the IRS] can attach.” “Legally, the attorney who was hired to pay the IRS is responsible for the fine,” he explained. “But Congress has created a lazy way to get the money by going after the buyer of the house…”

"This Florida couple bought the ‘perfect house’ from foreign nationals — months later, they received a $30,000 fine from the IRS. Here’s why and how to steer clear of it

However, a few months later, the Zappullas' dream became a nightmare when the couple received a $30,000 fine from the IRS — a penalty they say they shouldn’t have to pay.

The fine is the result of the failure of the seller's attorney to pay the required taxes on the home. According to 7 News Miami legal expert Howard Finkelstein, foreign nationals — like the Russian duo — who sell property in the U.S. are required to pay capital gains taxes.

Specifically, they must fill out an IRS form 8288 and pay 10% of the sale price within 45 days of the property sale.

Bryan was told that the attorney for the Russian pair had closed his office for nine months during the COVID-19 pandemic and, once he reopened, he finally submitted the outstanding $79,000 to the IRS. But by then, it was January 2021 — nine months past the due date.

“He just sat on it [during the pandemic],” Bryan said. “Maybe it was ignorance. Maybe it was COVID.” Either way, the IRS fined the Zappullas $30,000 in late payment penalties.

Although the attorney had also admitted his mistake to the Zappullas, Bryan was concerned about a “final balance reminder” sent out by the IRS, which included a “notice of intent to seize.”

Even though the mistake was made by the attorney for the Russian sellers, Finkelstein said IRS rules allow them to pursue the homebuyers for any outstanding balances.

According to Finkelstein, this would force the couple to sue the attorney in order to get the $30,000 back that they now have to pay the IRS in late fees.

[Chipper Chunked Chile Con Congress (ex NCW)]

"We made a rule that says we can fuck whoever we want! Because Fuck You, That's Why."

[Longtobefree]

OK, so everything went according to the rules.
Where's the brickbat?
Has it gone so far not even this one little thing still fulfills it's purpose at Reason?

[mad.casual]

Oldie but goodie: NOT TOO LOCAL!

[AT]

may have prevented a tragedy

I hate it when people say things like that.