during a hand recount usually multiple individuals (representing both candidates) are reviewing the ballots together. less likely to have issues during a recount than the machine counts as they will recount a set until the numbers line up for everyone.

there is a baseline cost to generating and supplying that energy; the more efficient the consumers are the higher the price will go per kw/h because you still need to pay labor.

not strictly saying we're in the situation just saying its possible

so we've moved on from petty theft to drug users now got it! so far have we strayed from the original topic of: ecommerce is causing the death of cvs/walgreens/boutique stores not petty theft. mass and cass has nothing to do with the price of milk and is a whole separate topic.

you're just not getting shit. not my fault. no one is saying don't prosecute shop lifters. everyone is saying: its not cost effective to prosecute every petty shop lifter. the one offs for low price and necessary goods? just let them go. track them over time? sure. waste everyones time over that $20 item? na.

the repeat offenders who steal thousands of dollars of stuff? suddenly its worth the cost and you get enforcement.

Rollin's was 100% spot on to not waste her departments time for the little stuff. So was walmart/target and every other big box store.

https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wal-mart_to_allow_petty_shoplifting/

until you hit federal levels of theft no one cares. at which point Rollin's policy of not prosecuting no longer applies and this discussion ends. get it now?

Even with enforcement these companies ALREADY made the choice not to prosecute theft because of the liability for law suits due to their poorly trained staff and because the ROI wasn't worth the price vs just raising costs.

you're entire position doesn't even exist in reality today. its just you being upset that people steal things. which is valid but doesn't change the reality of how companies operate; which is expect theft, increase prices to cover the losses due to shrinkage rates.

no one is going to pay a lawyer 400 / h to charge and prosecute a $20 item. and no I don't want to pay the AG and police offices thousands of dollars to do the same either.

widespread means more than boston and a single DA.

vs literally every department store in the country has the policy of not charging shop lifters until they hit federal crime levels of items. target, walmart, etc. which most shop lifters don't hit.

I also find it amusing that you link to an article which is all about the benefits of not prosecuting lol.

> The research is unmistakable: shrinking the reach of the criminal legal system by not prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanor cases is a net positive for community safety.

as I said original nothing in the original post is even remotely related to this policy anyways. since all the issues mentioned are found in cities all over the country.

> Don't prosecute shop lifters!

this has never been a widespread government policy. its almost always a corporate one due to legal liabilities around having your employees harassing customers.

> Let's force them to pay a living wage

yes, if you don't pay a living wage who is going to be your workers? your customers, etc.

> Oh so now your city streets are now empty of stores

this has almost nothing to do with your above points and mostly due to the rise of ecommerce; which is simply a better experience. I can go online and purchase exactly what I want within 10 minutes and receive it at my door in a couple days vs commute to a store, go through a shit ton of isles to look for my particular wants, only to find they don't carry what I want, commute to another store to check there....

10-30minutes of pain free searching vs hour+ where I may not even find what I want.

you seem to be blaming people for demanding that base pay is sufficient for them to put food on the table and wrapping it up under being 'woke' vs just a base line requirement for society. the world has changed; deal with it.

change it to only impact a single office and you can run it again immediately. which would also likely make it easier to sell to the public and get them use to the idea.

barely got voted down we should just run it again.