First off……I don’t care what you think the motivation is; Illegally Parked is Illegally Parked.
If I do it…I know I run the risk of a Ticket.

The Department of Revenue..for what its worth….prey’s upon the STUPID members of Society in Chicago, and also the people with bad luck as well.

And about Democrat/Libertarian/Republican/Fascist-Anarchist or whatever…

I don’t vote by Party, I vote on the Issues.

As for “Britain has xx Million and America has 250 million.”

A FLAT Income Tax rate with NO exemptions across the board would do nicely.

Everyone Pays (hypothetically speaking of course) a Flat 10% Income Tax. Get Ride of All Tax Free Bank Products excluding CD’s and Annuities and the 401 series retirement plans.

You make 25k a year…you pay 2.5k in Tax.
You make 250k a year…..25k Tax.
2.5 million……..250k tax.
2billion…….2m tax.

America Has the Highest number of Millionaires in the World…

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/10/1018_millionaire/index_01.htm

Over 4,585,000 house holds with more than 1,000,000 in assets.

And :
Total $100 million+ households: 2,300

And America currently has over 250 Billionaires that live here as Citizens.

If you recollect the Beat Number off the Squad…call in a 3-1-1 complaint…..Dereliction of Duty.

As for writing CTA Vehicles…….personally…I’ll do it….when they are parked.
BUT….your talking about a moving violation…not a parking violation.

“…Revenue is telling us to enforce the entire spread more now than before, instead of walking by them.
Deliver trucks, Work Crews in Alleys, Blocking Sidewalk Access while parking in your driveway, Blocking a Driveway Entry (even if you live there), CTA Bus stops, the whole nine yards and change.”

I was crossing a crosswalk one day and a delivery truck had its trailer sticking out over the crosswalk and into the intersection probably 8 feet, thereby forcing pedestrians to walk around the truck, OUT OF THE CROSSWALK and IN THE INTERSECTION. One lady was pushing a stroller, and as she walked around the truck, a car making a right turn almost ran into her. I happened to see a cop car, and flagged him down and pointed out the situation, and all he did was shake his head, dismiss the problem, and say, “I’ve got something else to deal with right now” and drove away.

If he was on the way to a 911 call to stop some violence, then of course he couldn’t stop and deal with the situation. But he honestly didn’t care. And I doubt he had something else to do that was so important that he couldn’t deal with this very dangerous situation, at the very least, call it in.

Another story.

I was walking my son to school, and the crosswalk light turned to “Walk”. As we stepped from the curb, a Bus rushed by at a high speed. We stepped back onto the curb to get our of the way, it splashed a pretty big mud puddle that nearly got us wet, went RIGHT THROUGH THE RED LIGHT, IN FRONT OF A COP who was about to go through the green light. The red light camera never flashed, the cop sitting there didn’t stop the bus, but leisurely proceeded through the intersection and pulled up to the McDonalds and talked to another cop who was sitting there.

My son thought it was all very funny.

And a question:

Why aren’t buses given tickets for stopping in the middle of traffic instead of pulling completely over into their supposed “bus stop”? I’m so sick of waiting behind a bus that has room to pull over out of the way, but the driver is too lazy to do so, and makes us all wait behind them. But boy, we better not park in that bus stop, or we’ll get a ticket.

None of this is about safety and rules. It’s about money. Things are just not right, that’s all there is to it.

-John Adams

Check out the tax rates and cost of living in the UK. In Canada everyone pays taxes. In the US the lowest earners get a pass. We have 230+ million people. The UK has 66M and Canada 33M. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population) There is virtually no way to manage nationalized health care on our scale without massive increases in taxes and decreases in quality of care overall. If you’d care to actually dig up some facts to refute that I’d love to have a reason to dig further.

The initial reason for ticketing for parking hydrants was safety. Now it’s all about revenue. Enforced by the Department of Revenue ipso facto NONE of the violations are being enforced for their original intent. Therefore, it is just another tax. Don’t get on your moralistic high horse about someone running in for coffee. They paid 10% sales tax on their coffee and helped employee the Starbucks barista, manager, delivery driver, coffee grower, etc. You ticketing them helps Daley in power and deters people from running in to spend money. It is a drag on the economy. But so long as you’re happy with nabbing little Suzie to secure your job, that’s your prerogative.

I think you, The Angry Chicagoan, myself and a few others here, may share more than a few political views.

I find that absolutely astonishing as I thought I was one of the only nitwits in the city of Chicago that doesn’t make it a habit for voting for Democrats.

You want to talk about BS Violations that were “never” a violation before?

I meet people daily that think it is their GOD Given RIGHT to park on a Hydrant while little Suzie gets Starbucks, and then say “Oh…I’m not actually parked…I’m waiting for….” Horse shit.

Or, just swap out the Hydrant for a CTA Bus Stop or in a Crosswalk.

People that get nailed for an Expired Meter have my Honest sympathy….

For example you ask?

Life Happens….Court Runs long…the barber talks to much….explosive bathroom visit needed….etc…

I give the majority of my Courtesy passes on Meters.

Oh…don’t get me started on Private Health Care Programs.

Managed Health Care systems are a get rich quick scheme that can cost a loved one their life.

Britain and Canada have the right idea with Govern-mentally Provided Free Health Care.

America is one of the Last Countries on the Planet that still makes its Citizens PAY for health care.

Unions protect the weak at the expense of competent workers. If you don’t like it, join the private sector and work for a non-union company. Otherwise, don’t complain when both sides push each other around while your livelihood hangs in the balance.

BTW
The little girl, house for sale thing is an old joke. Still funny every time I see it though.

PEA’s are members of SEIU (Service Employees Internation Union) local 73. The City…a criminal conspiracy if I ever saw one; has threatened to Lay Off in any Union that doesn’t Knuckle under and “offer” to give up Paid Holidays.

But the Aldermem got a cost of living Raise…and they have a 1 million dollar slush fund for each ward.

55 million per year for the aldermen and the ward total….but the mayor is whining over paid holidays for union employees.

So…to do my part…

I am now doing the following..

I don’t see an Expired Meter.
I am looking for Anything that is wrong with Every M plate vehicle that I see…..