Saturday, January 24, 2009
Dallas County plan to collect unpaid fines may be logistically flawed
I find myself in the peculiar and disorienting position of agreeing with Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price on this one:
Dallas County officials have announced a plan designed to encourage payment of the $200 million in overdue fees, delinquent taxes and unpaid traffic tickets on their books: they're going to make it impossible for anyone with any of the above on their record to renew their auto registrations.
O.K., let me get this straight: they're already scofflaws, facing - as Commissioner Price points out - potential jail time for existing transgressions, and the county masterminds think that fear of an expired registration is going to kick them back into line? (Meanwhile, the county loses the registration renewal fee that the demi-crook might have otherwise been willing to pay?)
What am I missing in this line of reasoning?
posted by JM
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Chris Kidd says:
Another fine reason im thinking about going back to Austin, this city cant seem to get it together when it comes to their own house. Both city hall and the commissioniers court need to be merged, allow the mayor to make these decisions, not a bunch of overpaid benchwarmers...
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johnmckee says:
The line of reasoning is that it gives cops an excuse to pull people over and arrest them with no other just cause to do so except an expired sticker.
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