Comments on: Car Hit With Over $100,000 In Chicago Parking Tickets

By: News from Around the Block December 6th 2012 | Frank Talk

News from Around the Block December 6th 2012 | Frank Talk — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:58:46 +0000

[...] woman off the hook for the vast majority of these tickets,” Mike Brockway, who runs the blog The Expired Meter, told local news reporters. —Source: nydailynews.com and The Jester’s [...]

By: Chicago: Woman Racks Up $105k In Parking Fines

Chicago: Woman Racks Up $105k In Parking Fines — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:20:52 +0000

[...] The saga was first highlighted by Mike Brockway from the Chicago motorists blog The Expired Meter. [...]

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:57:06 +0000

Bid Units are still 99% Clout in this City and you know it.

By: Dr. Suess

Dr. Suess — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:47:03 +0000

DoR, this is wrong….But please keep in mind that the Police Detail at Ohare and Midway are special units that are not attached to specific Districts…and as such…the Officers in those units can be reassigned to the District they were originally from before they were anointed by their Clout. Thus when their CO says “Jump” the answer is always “how High?”
The Airports are bid units and that is why 80% that work there have more than 20 years on the job. What is usually boils down to is pet peeves. For me I will ALWAYS write a parker on a hydrant. Rush Hr. parkers are another one. Everyone wants to get to wrk or home from work quickly. Traffic is bad enough. People who disobey the rush Hr. parking restrictions are selfish and most police will write them too because they affect almost all drivers.

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:06:53 +0000

Dr Suess…

I said “pad their ticket count.” Never Used the Word Quota.
And I know there is no ‘Official’ quota for the CPD or DOR….but Daily Goals and Assignments Can be given to Officers….”Bob, go out and write 1 book of parkers for Street Cleaning today.”

And I know that it would be quite simple for the CPD to write a Book of 35 Parkers a Shift unless they get a Call or Accident or are on a Special Mission. Although…after what I just saw today…I’m not sure the CPD Knows HOW to write a Parker anymore.

If the CPD actually was writing Parking and Compliance Tickets every day and every shift like PEA’s, then we wouldn’t NEED my Department and I’d happily transfer to Streets and San or the Administrative Hearings Division or OEMC or HHS….and do something useful there instead.

But please keep in mind that the Police Detail at Ohare and Midway are special units that are not attached to specific Districts…and as such…the Officers in those units can be reassigned to the District they were originally from before they were anointed by their Clout. Thus when their CO says “Jump” the answer is always “how High?”

And after chatting with a few of the Finance PEA’s that Used to be Full Time Traffic Aides….they had an Official Daily Goal of Tickets to Issue Every Shift. It was 5 per day….not impossible or outrageous or unethical …but that still makes it a quota.

And I know the stated “reasons” behind the Lack of Parking Ticket issuance by the CPD. They have been blaming the Mayor and the Superintendent and Morale issues for decades at this point…and taking pride in not raising revenue for the City that Employs them and actually Needs Revenue Generation to shore up the budget shortfall. But they rush over each other and PEA’s to write the all important Street Cleaning or Rush Hour or Residential Permit Violations if you live in the “Slow and Safe” Police Districts.

By: Single Unemployed Mom Sues City, Airline, for $100k in Parking Tickets | Legal Services Blog

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:27:03 +0000

[...] Fitzgerald now knows this as well. To make matters worse, it wasn’t exactly her car, reports The Expired Meter. Her uncle sold the car to her then-boyfriend, who registered it in her [...]

By: Unemployed Chicago Woman Tots Up $105,761.81 In Parking Fines!

Unemployed Chicago Woman Tots Up $105,761.81 In Parking Fines! — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:37:14 +0000

[...] Source: The Expired Meter [...]

By: Chicago woman owes whopping $105K in parking fees after car is abandoned …

Chicago woman owes whopping $105K in parking fees after car is abandoned … — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:43:58 +0000

[...] woman off the hook for the vast majority of these tickets,” Mike Brockway, who runs the blog The Expired Meter, told Fox [...]

By: Dr. Suess

Dr. Suess — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:21:58 +0000

The DoR responses crack me up…Yeah, the cops have a “quota” to fill so they leave the car there. If you really are DoR you know CPD doesn’t have parking ticket quotas. Also if you really are DoR you know ANY police officer could write an ENTIRE book of parkers w/o any trouble in an 8 hr shift anywhere in the city. Lastly if you are DoR you know there are VERY FEW police out there that even want to write tickets at all cuz it’s putting $ in Rahm’s pocket. I won’t say the police shouldn’t have done something more after the car sat so long but I can also bet the tickets were written by several different officers and at some point in time a tow was requested and never happened. Maybe the DoR guy should worry about HIS employees trying to stick it to citizens. Like the time they were booting a car parked in INDIANA and continued to put the boot on even after they were told by an off duty PO that they couldn’t put a boot on a car parked in a different STATE and only removed it because the media was called and showed up.

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:25:30 +0000

Mike…

Send the Geek the Make/Model and Plate #.

He can get it to Capt M Plate for you