- Judge Ciavarella defiant after racketeering conviction in Pennsylvania cash-for-kids horror [TheLegalIntel, Sullum and more, WSJ Law Blog, Greenfield, earlier]
- Widener lawprof Lawrence Connell facing discipline over hypotheticals in class [Orin Kerr, NLJ, interview at NAS]
- “Do we even want to remain a child care center if we have to eliminate all the parts we love?” [Free-Range Kids] Lawsuit fears tame a Frederick, Md. ice playground [same]
- Marquette lawprof Rick Esenberg on Wisconsin showdown [first, second, third posts]
- A patent owner, the Chicago Tribune and Sen. Durbin: Anatomy of a pool drain scare story [Woldenberg, AmendTheCPSIA.com]
- Mayor Thomas Menino vows to save Boston from scourge of everyday low prices [Mark Perry]
- “Comp Hearing Scheduled ‘On the Sly’ for Texting Cop Who Caused Fatal Accident” [Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal] “Paying for bad cops” [Balko]
- Demand for shaker abstinence: nosy, hectoring CSPI files suit asking that salt in food be subjected to FDA regulation [six years ago on Overlawyered]
Filed under: Boston, Chicago, law schools, Luzerne County judicial scandal, police, pools, Wal-Mart, Wisconsin, workers' compensation
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@Mayor Thomas Menino
In New York City the politicians have the same attitude towards WalMart. It seems as if Manino (and other politicians) who oppose WalMart are marionettes on the strings of the firmly entrenched retailers, and do not care for capitalistic principles and the overall good of the City. If Manino actually told CVS that “[a]llowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong,” the citizens of Boston should convene a tea party and dump Mayor Manino into Boston Harbor.
Mark Perry missed the point by focusing on the “helping the poor” aspect of having WalMart and “minute clinics” in Boston. The free market helps everybody by the best allocation of resources and services (albeit with a few externalities). Boston’s biggest “problem” with a WalMart in town would be providing extra subway service during peak shopping times. Perhaps that might be greatly offset with sales and other taxes collected. Big retailers, in contrast to mom and pop stores, actually collect and report all sales taxes.