Thehardwayalltheway

Thehardwayalltheway t1_iy2kiu6 wrote

It depends how much you were caught with. Dauphin County has a charge for possession of a small amount which I'm pretty sure will get you probation. Then there's simple probation and if you had enough, possession with the intent to distribute. Pretty sure a first offense of simple possession gets you probation but you'd do time for possession with intent.

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Thehardwayalltheway t1_ixzr2ix wrote

I work for a municipal authority and your analysis is 100% correct. Elected officials don't want tovrsise prices because of politics. Water and sewer plants will run on minimal budgets but a lot of things will be "deferred" because it's not in the budget. And then something major goes wrong and the municipality is forced to raise rates substantially or sell. And hint, selling is a more politically palatable move than raising rates--at first. But people will end up paying higher rates because the private company is going to set rates to make the exact same repairs and make a profit.

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