Did you see the crazy article in Tuesday’s Eagle about all the drugs and alcohol that security officers have found stashed in potted plants and elsewhere at Wichita City Hall? In the first 39 days since the city installed a security checkpoint, officers seized 3,457 prohibited items, includes bags of crack, marijuana and an open bottle of whiskey. And that was just from City Council members — no, I kid. As City Manager George Kolb noted, there is nothing stopping people from turning around and leaving when they see the security checkpoint. Nothing other than their own stupidity.
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Aww, crap. They found my stash? I was so looking forward to that when I come home for Christmas.
(This post is not meant to be taken seriously)
“(This post is not meant to be taken seriously)”
That’s what they all say!
My 93 year old mom used to have a big pot plant in her living room back in the 70’s, she thought it was fun to show off to all her old lady friends…one of my nephews gave it to her.
What do you think most of these drug abusers and drunks are doing in city hall?
Most likely paying a fine or applying for a job.
Now there’s a potential job for some enterprising soul:holding people’s stashes while they go to municipal court, for a small portion of the stash of course!
Tracey! I bet somebody would do it too.
as a former employee of Wichita Municipal Court I’ve heard all sorts of stories about what is found at the security checkpoint. A reliable source tells a story about at 9mm gun found during the late 80’s. During my tenure there (2000 – 2005) drugs and knives were common finds but during a purse search a full sized adult sex toy was found.what person forgets to put that toy away before coming to court?and why can’t you keep your 8 ball or rocks or pipe in your car? are they good luck charms? hmmm…if I take this with me I’ll get 1 week room and board at the sedgwick county bed and breakfast (jail).
Yes Julie, I’ve known drunks and druggies who purposely got arrested when the weather turned cold. The hard part was finding the right crime so that they would get out in the spring. One homeless guy took a ball bat to a patrol car windshield when a cold snap hit in early October.
“Work is the scourge of the drinking class.”……..Oscar Wilde
“I never met a scourge I couldn’t relate too!”…George Bush
I guess we’ve found out where all those recent city decisions have been coming from- the flower pots!
Well, I’m a pot smoker and for the life of me, I can’t EVER remember taking my ’stash’ with me to court or to city hall…not that either was a frequent occurrance, as I’ve only been to court once for a traffic ticket LOL.
Seriously, what on earth are these people thinking? Do they not KNOW where the heck they’re going? Are they just so stoned/high/drunk/whatever that it doesn’t sink in?
Leave the party supplies at home.
A few years ago a neighbor’s dog got in with our goats and sheep and tore up two of our goats pretty bad.
One goat was tore up so bad we almost put her down. Instead I ended up treating her two to three times a day for several months.
Joyce got a speeding ticket, and I took her up to the court house to help her navigate through the diversion program. (A process at which I’m quite familiar with.)
Because I was administering antibiotics to the goat twice a day, and cleaning her wounds and changing bandages I was constantly a walking first aid kit.
While emptying my pockets at the security check point outside the court room two hypodermic needles fell out of my pocket onto the floor. One guy behind me yelled “They ain’t mine.” Another ran around the corner and I never to be seen again.
The line in front of me pretty much dissapeared. I picked up my ‘works’, dropped them in the basket and picked them up after court. Security acted like it was an every day occurance. No questions on their part, no answers on mine!
Hank
That’s funny Hank. With my luck, I’d probably gotten life on a chain-gang!
Hank – they probably noticed that your “works” were too clean to have been druggie. Just like I am sure mine would have been when I was ’shooting’ heparin.
Hank, sometimes it pays to be a member of the “Older Generation”. When you’re our age, you’re not doing anything that would make you worry about the cops, anyway.
I’m betting the guy who took off was substantially younger than you?
My ‘works’ weren’t that clean, I had been carrying them around in my jacket pocket. (I’m working on a goat for heaven’s sake!)
I think demeaner means a lot.
When I get stopped for a routine traffic stop (routine is a good word for ol’ lead foot!) by the time the officer gets to my window my windo is down, engine off, ignition keys and billfold on the dasboard in plain view and my hands are on the steering wheel 10 and 2.
It’s “Yes sir, No sir” and I try my best to be very respectful.
I get out of a lot of speeding tickets!
Hank
Hank – I did that and, because I took off my seat belt to get my wallet out the cop tried to nail me for not wearing a seat belt. Of course, in that case the cop also lied about the speed limit. He claimed 35; I took a picture with me to Court showing it says 40.