Bob, they’re ALL crooks.

Did you notice the stunning silence from the other Dems.
Stinky Darryl is their leader so I think they took reasonable action. The dumb part is Calderon has JUST been charged and he is getting booted, while Wright was CONVICTED and Stinky Darryl is allowing him to take a leave of absence at FULL PAY!

MTNB, you are right about the criminality of unnecessary back surgeries. That is horrible! But, it is still white collar crime–the Dr. wasn’t out stalking his victims in the night–he was looking at the records of those who hurt their backs at work and scamming their employers and the government. It was the Dr. bribing the politicians–not the other way around. If we deprived white collar criminals of all of their funds and their professional licenses, except what they needed to live on–probably a lot cheaper than putting them in jail cells, they would certainly be punished–how would that be a slap on the wrist? Do we want to incarcerate, feed, and clothe them, at our expense for the rest of their lives, when they could probably be doing something positive, for society, on the outside? Or do we just throw them in a cell with those who would stalk, rape, torture and murder? There must be a better way.

Let’s hope the Calderon lads roll on Darrel Steinberg! That will be Christmas, New Years Eve, and my birthday all rolled into one!

Should me make Grey Davis pay back the millions he has taken from the CTA and CCPOA, and put the trough feeder unions in the Joint???

Otherwise it is a double standard, they all take campaign money for doing their bidding.

If that doesn’t qualify as a “danger to the public”, then I don’t know what does.

Letting these criminals off easy with just a pat on the wrist and a monetary fine would not instill the fear of real punishment that making them serve hard time would.