This is like comparing NASCAR past to NASCAR present.

$30M a year! That's how many firefighters or police officers that could be hired? How about the number of parks could be opened or better maintained? Not all parents should be held accountable but talking with gang officers, the graffiti already IN a tagger's home would constitute a parent's knowledge thus their culpability. (IMO)

Lashay... "It's not my fault because I didn't have enough to do in L.V., or because my Mom didn't love me the way I needed her to, or because my parents are divorced, or whatever reason because it just isn't my fault." I guess it is Robert Bills' fault then because it sure isn't Burton's, right? The poor 17 year old just didn't have any thing else to do but commit robbery/murder!!

Pathetic? Irresponsible? Come on. Look at the number of people not only around the L.V. but the U.S. who do not have insurance. Is it because they are pathetic or irresponsible? What about the POS that did the hit-and-running? Last year I was hit and the POS that hit me gave Metro bogus information. I have uninsured coverage, and a job with health insurance (I guess that makes me responsible), but it still cost me over $1,000 out of my pocket for something I had zero fault with. I guess that would fall under "problem solved", right?.

Who expects a layperson to ask questions regarding sterilization, or other like questions, and get an answer other than a positive one? "Why no Mr. Patient, we do not employ proper sterilization of our equipment and we do re-use our syringes." Come on, get real!

And, what happens if you ask too many questions? I'll tell you and probably others will too. You are asked to no longer come back. Yes, I've had doctors, and even dentists, "break up with me" because I asked too many questions.

When the medical board seriously starts pulling licenses where a doctor/dentist can no longer go to another state and start a new practice, we will never rid stories like this.