There must have been something going on - why would the police show up minutes after he plugged his car in? Someone must have called in the cops.
Was this a private school? If his kid is in that school or if it was a public school in his school district, then he *is* paying this school already through his property taxes and other ways schools are funded. If this is an event or class that he had to subscribe and pay for, then he is even more paying for the facilities at this event. It is telling that the police not even asks if the school wants to pursue this, but decided on their own to follow up on their original action with the maximum that they could, no matter that they should be concerned about Public Safety and I see no public safety related issues with plugging in an EV in a public accessible standard outlet. It sure sounds like somebody has an axe to grind and twists all arguments to satisfy the basic premise that he had from the beginning, no matter how ridiculous. How many thousands of dollars are wasted by keeping so many officers occupied with a non-issue that should have been handled with a single sentence warning and "Have a nice day". Of course - we do not know the details - he might have been perceived as a jerk instead of explaining that there is no difference between plugging in a small electric barbequeue or toaster to have a tail gate party or plugging in his car. It might be that he was warned but plugged in anyway, we don't know unless we can get the details of the situation. But the response appears to be excessive, unfortunately not uncommon in today's schools. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Hart Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:59 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: EV owner charged w/ stealing $0.05 worth of juice (video) SLPinfo.org wrote: > As true as that might be it doesn't change the fact that this guy took > something that wasn't his and that he didn't have permission to take. The > size is irrelevant. I'm no angel but even I see it as wrong. No District Attorney in his right mind would take this to court. If he did, a judge is certain to throw the case out. And even if he didn't, what's the fine going to be? A nickel? There are a million "crimes" like this every minute of every day. Every one of us probably commit such "crimes" on occasion. Did you leave the light on in the public restroom? Take an extra napkin from McDonalds? Borrow a pen and forget to return it? They all needlessly cost the company money. I wonder if there is more to the story? Was the Leaf owner belligerent, or was there already "bad blood" between the Leaf owner and police officer? -- Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. -- Leonard Cohen, from "Anthem" -- Lee Hart -- See my Xmas projects at www.sunrise-ev.com/projects.htm _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
