Kentucky’s Priorities

While in Kentucky for a business trip, I noticed an interesting disconnect in the fines levied for certain offenses:

  • The maximum fine for providing (or attempting to provide) alcohol to a minor: $250. In Ohio, you could get jail time. In Kentucky? Bah. Give up some profits from your still, and “don’t let us catch you doing that again!”
  • The maximum fine for littering: $500. For real? Yup–signs all along the freeways.

It is twice as bad to throw a cigarette out your window as it is to contribute to the delinquency of a minor.  Evidently Kentucky is more concerned with keeping their countryside beautiful than protecting their youth.

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