Clerks vs Courts

[el_bryanto]

Good post over at Daily Kos on what's going on in Florida in relation to the clerks vs courts.

This is a diary about local politics, but hey, all politics are local, right? The Florida State Legislature is currently considering two identical Republican bills (HB1121 in the House, SB 2108 in the Senate) that would dismantle the 66 Clerk of Courts offices in my State, and absorb their functions into the State Judicial system. Under this system of "Cash-Register Justice," an already overstressed court system would now be in charge of collecting fees and fines currently handled by the Clerks. The current system has worked for almost 200 years, employs hundreds of people Statewide, and there's no reason to change it now.

Worth considering --> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/10/103724/635

Bryant