Rick_Garcia's Blog

March Madness is upon us! And don't you love those office pools. The friendly competition that breeds comraderie in the workplace. I guess I should mention that participating in an office pool can be a felony punishable to up to a year in jail. Isn't that nuts????? Fortunately there is a state assemblyman Kebin Jeffries of Lake Elsinore who wants to knock that down to a simple infraction with a maximum fine of five hundred bucks.  Look I'm totally comfortable with certain types of gambling being kept illegal. It makes going to Vegas that much more fun anyway. And it isn't really a victim less crime to the kids whose dad  spends his paycheck on blackjack instead of their school shoes. Then again alcohol and cigarettes are legal and at the end of the day that kills more people than gambling. But for goodness sake why on earth should the feds be stuck worrying about the $5 office pool? Fortunately I have yet to meet someone who has been tossed in the slammer for participating in one. Although I know a guy who used to put on an office pool  and won it every year. Maybe I should alert the FBI.

May your brackets be winning ones!