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Dinner out with your sweetheart can be a little sweeter this Valentine's Day: Anyone dining at any of the three DFW-area locations of the Purple Cow Diner on February 14 will have 15% of their total check donated to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.). The three locations are: 6025 Royal Lane in Dallas; 5809 Preston Road in Plano; and 4601 West Freeway in Fort Worth. All three locations are open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Scott Doyle Verified
I wonder if the mothers are gonna enjoy a round of drinks at the full bar in commemoration of the charity?
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
kirk Anonymous
Maybe you should stop by and see, Scott. Or spend a little time with some of the people who have benefited from the work this organization does: http://www.madd.org/Victim-Services.aspx
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Pavel Lishin Verified
Gotta find a bus route that goes to the purple cow. It'd be kind of a shame to get sloshed fighting drunk driving, and then pull a Gouranga on the drive home.
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
foreverhonesty2000 Anonymous
How DPD Can Get 45 Officers For Free!!! So, why aren't they doing it.... RecentCoin 2007-08-21 12:45 Dallas Police
Well, I did some poking around. MADD is getting $175 per DWI in Dallas [Ed Note: We received a letter from a MADD volunteer taking issue with this figure so we're in the process of verifying it. Supposedly this breaks down to a $150 course taught by MADD and a $25 fee paid to MADD--which the volunteer has disputed.].
There were approximately 10,000 DWI convictions in Dallas last year. That works out to $1,750,000.00. Now, keep in mind that Dallas is in the midst of a crime wave. If that money were funneled into the City's coffers, that would be enough to hire 45 more full time officers at the current starting pay. That's without raising taxes, selling bonds, or dipping into any other programs.
MADD has become a serious gravy train for a lot of people, paying their top ranking people $200,000 and up in salary. The received more than $3,000,000 from "forcing" (their word) people into their "VIP Panels" as part of their sentencing in 2004. I'm sure that those figures were more in 2005 and 2006. The numbers for 2007 are obviously not available yet.
Think about what the City could do if all the money that's going into other pockets were put back into the City. I'm also quite interested in knowing if these "charities" are contributing to the judges election campaigns. So much for a fair and impartial judicial system.
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Pavel Lishin Verified
Whoa there, drunky2000. Put down the vodka bottle, pull over in the middle of a playground, and explain to us slowly and slurredly why exactly you hate children and want them to die in horrific flaming car wrecks.
Just kidding, but seriously - it would be great if the DFW area got and extra $1.75 mil a year, but you forgot to clarify step 3, which currently stands at "???" and is then followed by Step 4: Profit! How much would it cost to set up an alternative DWI course? You'd have to pay the, uh, lecturers, purchase materials, rent locations, pay for the bureaucracy, etc.
Like I said, I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but you can't complain about money floating away unless you know how to catch it.
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
jtmbls Anonymous
forever - I might be mistaken but I could have sworn you stated in another thread that all cops were "crooks" anyway...So, you really want 45 more?
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Pavel Lishin Verified
Nah, just that most cops were crooks. I guess having a few good ones is worth getting more crooked ones.
8 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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