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| Boston Mulls Parking Fines Based On Income |
| 2020-02-27 |
| How fast will this crap be shot down? I bet it makes it to a stage where it passes but Mayor Mahhty Walsh won't sign it. This almost sounds like a poll-tax. [ABC] - A new proposal on the docket in Boston on Wednesday could determine how much residents pay for parking tickets. The Boston City Council was to meet at noon Wednesday to discuss new legislation which will include a hearing order for potential income-adjusted fines on parking violations. Recently elected city councilor at-large Julia Mejia filed the hearing order on Monday and has been vocal about the idea on Twitter. "I am introducing legislation on income-adjusting parking tickets so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket or putting food on their table," she wrote. Ms. Mejia looks like an aspiring member of The Squad - she's never had a private sector job in her life. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #6 [Meterperson O'Malley waddles up, swinging |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Obama8050 2020-02-27 20:34 |
| #5 More votes for the Decent Folk! |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-27 20:10 |
| #4 "If your wipers are present and both headlights, tail lights, and rims, your fine is doubled" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-02-27 19:29 |
| #3 "I am introducing legislation on income-adjusting parking tickets so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket or putting food on their table," she wrote. In Boston, the fine for an expired meter is $40. I got a parking ticket in town awhile back. It was $5. Permit me to suggest the City of Boston has decided to use the lax habits of its citizenry as a money machine. Now it finds itself painted into a corner of its own making. The solution, as always, is an ever-more complicated rule set. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-02-27 19:11 |
| #2 If this is fair, what about voting rights proportional to income? The more you pay the more your vote counts? If punishment is proportional to income, why not privilege? Duh... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-02-27 11:36 |
| #1 From each according to his ability... |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-02-27 11:20 |