Posted on 03/27/2015 6:07:13 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
Scott, a senior at Alabama A&M University, had lived in Pasadena Hills during high school. Her father, a former St. Louis County police officer, works for Walgreens. Her mother is the principal of a local elementary school. Last summer, when Scott was home visiting her family, a notice was placed on her car.
Parking had never been an issue in her quiet, suburban community. Pasadena Hills is small, with a population of less than 1,000. But the municipality had recently passed an ordinance requiring those parking overnight to display a $10 residential parking sticker on their vehicles. The notice ordered Scott to come to City Hall to obtain the sticker.
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“They sent me a letter and said there would be a warrant out for my arrest if I didn’t come back for this,” Scott told The Huffington Post of her court appearance. “For $10. For parking in front of my house.”
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Local college, the borough police would come to class and haul the kids off.
This particular policy is not restricted to Scott’s little neighborhood. There are other towns that require permits for on-street overnight parking, often at the request of the residents themselves. They feel it helps them keep nonresident visitors from taking up what can be very limited parking in some communities. You have to show that you live there to park there.
A month ago the BBC did a radio report on this very topic; St. Louis County traffic tickets, fines, and etc. It is very well done, and the report is about 25 minutes in length.
The main page introducing re report is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kbhnp#auto
This give acces to the player, or you may go directly to the player here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p02kbhnp#
Why the focus on Ferguson alone? It seems that the leftists have to pin SOMETHING on Ferguson police to make up for their failure to destroy officer Wilson.
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Ferguson is just the poster child for North County. Actually I believe the Justice Department report was critical of a lot of the suburbs surrounding Ferguson, as well as Ferguson itself.
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The point is that DOJ would not be putting ANY part of that area under the microscope if officer Wilson had not shot the thug. But I do agree that the right needs to make an issue of too many petty rules and regulations nationwide.
http://chicityclerk.com/city-stickers-parking/about-city-vehicle-stickers/vehicle-pricing/
In Chicongo they charge by the type of car you drive!!
What could be more fair and equal!
....................................monthly ..annual .....parking
AUTOCAR WXLL64 LT $37.93 $455.13 N/A N/A
AUTOCAR WXR42 LT $37.93 $455.13 N/A N/A
AUTOCAR WXR64 LT $37.93 $455.13 N/A N/A
BENTLEY ARNAGE LP $11.38 $136.54 $30.34 Add $25.00
BENTLEY AZURE LP $11.38 $136.54 $30.34 Add $25.00
BENTLEY AZURE T LP $11.38 $136.54 $30.34 Add $25.00
BENTLEY BROOKLANDS LP $11.38 $136.54 $30.34 Add $25.00
Does every other city in America fine people for baggy pants? Or for not having a $10 residency permit to park in front of their own home overnight? Like the article said, this area has around 10% of the total population of Missouri and they colllect over a third of all fines and fees. It's not law enforcement, it's a racket. And as the article also points out, Ferguson is an exception to the rule in North county in that it's city government is white. In most of these places, and in the worst abusers of the laws, the government is black.
Yes, absolutely.
We’ll decry it as a case of government abuse of the citizenry.
The left is decrying it because it is government abuse of a certain class of people.
If it were the case of the police fleecing a “white” gated community, they’d be cheering them on.
Agree. Speaking of Ferguson and the Hands Up Don’t Shoot BS that was taken for Truth- Why Haven’t We Heard About This Killing of a 51 Yr old by Black Teens?
Other areas of the city have residency parking permits. I believe that it's fairly common.
Saggy pants? I've heard of a few places that have laws. I think they were instituted to influence gang activity. Not saying that I agree with it but that's the law.
As to the alll White city government; can you imagine the outcry if the residents of a predominantly White city complained that all members of the city gov't and police force were black and couldn't govern fairly?
The city government was voted in by residents, it wasn't appointed by "The Man" to keep the brothers down.
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