CDR: Re: judges needing killing...

[Declan McCullagh]

My employer is running a deal right now in which we can wrap our car
in ads in exchange for X shares of stock, strike price current price
of the shares. Even if there's a modest $Y increase in share value,
X*Y will amount to many times the cost of most cars.

So what companies should do is try to get police agencies to seize such
ad-wrapped cars, as long as they can guarantee the vehicles will be driven
and not (gasp) repainted. :)

-Declan 


On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 03:06:56PM -0400, Alan Olsen wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 anonymous at openpgp.net wrote:
> 
> > Oct 19, 2000 - 06:55 AM 
> > 
> >             California Court Declines to Review
> >             Vehicle Forfeiture Law 
> >             The Associated Press
> > 
> >             SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state Supreme Court has
> >             declined to review a ruling allowing police to seize vehicles
> >             suspected of use in crimes such as drug dealing or soliciting
> >             a prostitute. 
> 
> Portland, Oregon has a similar law.  In practice, they take your car only
> as long as it has resale value.  (In other words, it is done for revenue
> and not for "punishment".)
> 
> Speaking of governmental seizures...
> 
> Oregon has a balot initiative to tighten down the seizure laws.  They are
> trying to add in that the property can only be seized if the owner is
> convicted of something.
> 
> Interesting to see who is lining up against this one.
> 
> 
> The first few arguments against the initiative are from the animal
> shelters claiming that is will harm animals!  The rest are from various
> law enforcement agencies and the like upset because they will have not
> have this hidden source of funding for toys.
> 
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