See what your friends and neighbors have to say about this.
Fletch
October 30, 2008 at 4:24AM
They need to do something better than just reducing it to the first 72 hours.
Jeff R
October 30, 2008 at 2:19PM
Agreed. Personally, I think it should be 72 hours, no questions asked, or within 30 days of birth with a verifiable birth certificate.
But really, the bigger issue at hand here is what do we do with the teenagers who would have been dropped off after the law is amended? Just because they aren’t newborns/infants doesn’t mean that they don’t need help. We need to make this help more accessible to teens and their parents.
Dave K
October 30, 2008 at 3:05PM
I think we need to start a pool for how many kids will be dropped off between now and November 14th. I’ve got 17.
beerorkid
October 30, 2008 at 3:17PM
Special session goes till the 21st. The schedule was sent out to us Legislative employees yesterday. Should go pretty smooth. “Tuesday and Wednesday will last as long as necessary to complete our work”
My fave thing about this is the comments from the LJS readers.
“the senators should not get paid for the special session”
- ummm they gat a $12K salary
“it should be longer for mothers who have a C-section”
- ummm they are already at the hospital
Gene
October 30, 2008 at 3:57PM
Should we differentiate between number of dropoffs and number of kids dropped off? That might put people in quite the quandary. If someone drives here from NY, they might be tempted to just drop all of their kids since they came all this way, even though only one or two of the kids created the need for the trip.
CS
October 30, 2008 at 4:07PM
Here is one of my favorites:
” Is this a matter that has reached across the state? As I recall, Lincoln and Omaha have the majority of the incidents. Why then are senators from across the state going to determine the social mandates and processes for precincts that hardly affect them? ” Ummm…..because its a state law, maybe?
Fletch
October 30, 2008 at 6:46PM
LJS readers never cease to amaze me. Many are so dim, I’m amazed they’ve figured out how to get online, find the articles, and actually comment.
Dave K
October 30, 2008 at 8:59PM
I stopped reading the comments a long time ago. Even the people on ‘my side’ managed to make themselves sounds like idiots.
Comments
See what your friends and neighbors have to say about this.
They need to do something better than just reducing it to the first 72 hours.
Agreed. Personally, I think it should be 72 hours, no questions asked, or within 30 days of birth with a verifiable birth certificate.
But really, the bigger issue at hand here is what do we do with the teenagers who would have been dropped off after the law is amended? Just because they aren’t newborns/infants doesn’t mean that they don’t need help. We need to make this help more accessible to teens and their parents.
I think we need to start a pool for how many kids will be dropped off between now and November 14th. I’ve got 17.
Special session goes till the 21st. The schedule was sent out to us Legislative employees yesterday. Should go pretty smooth. “Tuesday and Wednesday will last as long as necessary to complete our work”
My fave thing about this is the comments from the LJS readers.
“the senators should not get paid for the special session”
- ummm they gat a $12K salary
“it should be longer for mothers who have a C-section”
- ummm they are already at the hospital
Should we differentiate between number of dropoffs and number of kids dropped off? That might put people in quite the quandary. If someone drives here from NY, they might be tempted to just drop all of their kids since they came all this way, even though only one or two of the kids created the need for the trip.
Here is one of my favorites:
” Is this a matter that has reached across the state? As I recall, Lincoln and Omaha have the majority of the incidents. Why then are senators from across the state going to determine the social mandates and processes for precincts that hardly affect them? ” Ummm…..because its a state law, maybe?
LJS readers never cease to amaze me. Many are so dim, I’m amazed they’ve figured out how to get online, find the articles, and actually comment.
I stopped reading the comments a long time ago. Even the people on ‘my side’ managed to make themselves sounds like idiots.
Amen. That’s why I’m here. Quality of dialogue.
Amen.
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