Part two of a seven part series.
GEEK EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is the second installment of a seven part series by former Administrative Law Officer for the City of Chicago and the author of Stick It To Your Ticket.
Mr. Zeiger, after spending 15 years neck deep in the machinations of parking enforcement for the city, seems [...]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Part 1 of a 2 part series.
This story reported in partnership with Fox News Chicago.
One second.
A miniscule, if not insignificant increment of time to some.
To others, a consequential unit of time where an infinite number of possibilities can unfold.
But it’s the importance of a single second that has increasingly become the center of [...]
Tune in to Fox Chicago News at 9 PM for an investigative piece The Expired Meter helped make some contributions.
The story centers around a controversy in the timing of yellow lights at red light camera intersections.
Then, after that, check out part one of our coverage of the yellow light timing issue here at The Expired [...]
With spring training well under way and Chicago baseball fans starting to get excited about the upcoming city, the city is getting ready for baseball season as well.
Because Chicago may be cracking down on people illegally selling guest parking passes to Cubs or Sox fans looking for parking to catch a ballgame in Chicago.
The Parking Ticket Geek is not smart.
Anyone who could rack up a few hundred parking tickets over two decades, is obviously no Einstein.
But the Geek certainly has opinions, flirting with obnoxiousness when inflicting his views upon others.
One guesses that may be the reason he’s been invited to be a panelist this Thursday at noon for Smart Mouth, because it’s certainly not for his brains.
Check out the Fox News Chicago investigation with contributing reporting by The Expired Meter.
GEEK EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is the second installment of a seven part series by former Administrative Law Officer for the City of Chicago and the author of Stick It To Your Ticket.
Mr. Zeiger, after spending 15 years neck deep in the machinations of parking enforcement for the city, seems like the perfect person to bring perspective to Chicago’s parking meter lease deal. And, if you haven’t seen it yet, take a moment to get up to speed and read part one of the series, “The Meter Lease Deal – A Daley Double Part 1.”
By Sheldon Zeiger, JD, CFP
The plot thickens, as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney enters stage left as the owner and lease holder of Chicago’s streets.
Where do I even begin.
What are two non-actionable words that describe Morgan Stanley’s corporate behavior in regard to this lease? The only word I can come up with is ASS-TOUNDING!
There are going to be Harvard MBA case studies done regarding how botched this deal was.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Part 1 of a 2 part series.
This story reported in partnership with Fox News Chicago.
One second.
A miniscule, if not insignificant increment of time to some.
To others, a consequential unit of time where an infinite number of possibilities can unfold.
But it’s the importance of a single second that has increasingly become the center of the argument over red light camera enforcement nationwide and now here in Chicago.
While most red light camera opponents initially work to prevent or remove, or vote to ban them from their cities, this strategy proves to be a difficult road.
However, when this tact fails, anti-red light activists increasingly have been reverting to their Plan B–trying to extend the length of yellow light intervals at red light camera intersections.
Tune in to Fox Chicago News at 9 PM for an investigative piece The Expired Meter helped make some contributions.
The story centers around a controversy in the timing of yellow lights at red light camera intersections.
Then, after that, check out part one of our coverage of the yellow light timing issue here at The Expired Meter.
Tune in channel 32 tonight at 9 PM for the full story.
With spring training well under way and Chicago baseball fans starting to get excited about the upcoming city, the city is getting ready for baseball season as well.
Because Chicago may be cracking down on people illegally selling guest parking passes to Cubs or Sox fans looking for parking to catch a ballgame in Chicago.
This story gets weirder and weirder.
The Tribune’s Problem Solver columnist Jon Yates has been following the case of Mark Geinosky for over a year.
He’s the gentleman that received 24 phantom parking tickets written for addresses his vehicle has never been and “coincidentally” by the same two police officers.
The internal police investigation is still going on, but is supposed to wrap up soon.
But in the meantime, Geinosky has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Chicago, and two Chicago police officers.
Local nitwit, the Parking Ticket Geek, will join Good Day Chicago on Fox 32 Chicago Thursday morning a 7:20 AM.
The Geek will talk with Jan Jeffcoat and Dave Navarro about the Chicago city council considering increasing the cost of red light camera fines and all the other recent red light camera news.
Pour yourself a bowl of Cheerios, add a splash of milk, sit down and tune in Fox 32.
Both are heart healthy!
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the video from the Fox 32 appearance this morning.
While some state Senators in Springfield have been working on legislation to restrict red light cameras, Chicago aldermen are considering increasing the cost of fines for RLC tickets in Chicago.
Today, a proposal to increase the cost of a red light camera ticket from $100 to $125 was weighed in committee. The additional $25 is for the violator to attend some sort of driver’s education class.
If you choose to ignore taking the class, your fine then increases by an additional $50 to make your fine $175.
One problem may be that current video technology cannot identify the driver of the vehicle. Tickets are issued to the registered owner of the vehicles.
After nearly three and half hours of hearings on Tuesday night, it seems some form of red light camera reform legislation will ultimately make it out of the Transportation Committee and onto the floor of the Illinois Senate.
But chances are very slim that a complete ban on speed and red light cameras will be contained in that bill.
“I think it went as well as could be expected,” explained Senator Dan Duffy (R-Lake Barrington) the sponsor of SB 2466 which called for a statewide ban on the cameras. “The chairman (Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Ciciero) promised to pass a shell bill out of committee. He wants everyone to come together with a compromise.”
