Are we now waiting to fire up the bail machine and spin that revolving door of catch-and-release that provides endless income for lawyers and judges?

Our crime problem is going to require additional government funding;  however, just about the time I am ready to accept that the government needs more funds to provide the level of public protection that  might incarcerate these folks for serious criminal behavior until their hair turns grey or they are first involuntarily committed for treatment of mental illness or drug addiction before being sent to prison, I have to read about one more legislative junket, one more special session, one more gas export study, one more bridge study, one more railroad to nowhere, one more port boondoggle,  one more dam study,  one more fish plant, one more $600,000 Municipal Ballot Sorter,  one more "double divergent diamond", and one more, one more, one more.