Mayor Daley’s two-ticket boot plan was re-introduced to the city council on Friday.
According to Fran Spielman’s story in the Chicago Sun-Times, a “watered-down” version of the plan was proposed that only lowered the boot to two tickets if drivers had two tickets for more than one year.
Daley’s controversial plan to lower the threshold for applying the Denver boot — from three unpaid tickets to two — has been watered down to ease aldermanic resistance.
Motorists will only get the boot if their two tickets are “older than one year.” The revised boot crackdown, coupled with even more red-light cameras and the elimination of “tax collector commissions,” is expected to raise $40 million.
Even if the proposal will be more palatable to alderman, drivers won’t be be happy choking down this new boot reality, as it will still be the lowest Denver boot threshold in the nation and the city is already overly aggressive with enforcement and fines.
More to come.
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F*ck the boot!!!
How come more citizens are not outraged by this!!!
How can it be legal for the city to seize your property (i.e. your car), charge you for towing and storing it and STILL be liable for the “debt” to the city.
This is unreasonable, more so, unconstitutional.
[...] vehicles for boot crews. Last fall, Mayor Daley and the City Council passed an ordinance that lowered the booting threshold to two unpaid tickets more than one year old. Of course, three unpaid tickets in final determination will get you on the [...]