Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said in the wake of the Mitchell report that, “Those recommendations that I can implement independently, I will do immediately.”
Unfortunately the one action that would do more good than anything else, and which he could implement independently, isn’t going to happen.
He should resign in shame.
How is it that these sentences came to be handed out in the same state?
- After the Station nightclub fire, the two club owners were sentenced to four years and to a suspended sentence for their criminal negligence that killed 100 people and injured dozens of others. The road manager who lit the pyrotechnics in close proximity to flammable foam also got a four year sentence.
- A 29-year old mother “with a history of volunteer work — and no criminal record” who caused a drunk driving accident that killed one person was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Seems like lots of people are upset about the idea of providing relief to homeowners who are in a difficult mortgage situation. And on the face of it, it’s wrong. Of course, we should not rescue people who overextended themselves, who bought homes they couldn’t afford. Right? Why should taxpayers bear the burden, even indirectly?
Unfortunately, it’s not so simple.
