Yes it’s finally here! The long awaited bail bond industry blog from Jerry Watson. Read Jerry’s first post on the great efforts made in Virginia and the real positives we can all take away from their victory.
Behind the Paper With Jerry Watson:
Victory in Virginia? I Say Yes!
Watching my long time friend and colleague Brian Nairin have all the fun with his bail bond industry blog over the past few months, I couldn’t take it anymore and had to throw my hat in the ring. After more than 40 years in the bail bond industry, I think I might have an opinion or two about the legislative or legal happenings in our business…and for those of you who know me; you know that I am never short on opinions.
Since Brian commented on the Virginia situation in his recent blog posting, I thought that I would build upon some of his comments. I definitely wanted to congratulate all of the bail bond agents in Virginia who worked so hard to move HB 728 through the House and into the Senate. While HB 728 didn’t make it through the Senate, there are some very, very positive outcomes to this story…outcomes that maybe some don’t realize are actually pretty historic for the bail bond industry in their own right.
First, through their actions, Virginia bail bond agents literally decimated the Pretrial Service Agencies’ statewide budget by a reduction of over 15 million dollars. Second, they passed…
Read the rest of Jerry Watson’s bail bond industry blog at Behind The Paper with Jerry Watson.