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Permalink Reply by LYNN SHEDLER on November 14, 2011 at 5:07am

Since  when  did  a  parking  ticket  cost  $511.00?   That  is  outrageous!!!   And  yes,  low  income  families  can't  afford  that  amount.  This  isn't  speeding  we're  talking  about  it's  a  Parking  Ticket.  Hanicapped  parking  is  just  what  it  says  on  the  pavement - Handicapped  Parking.  Any  one  without  a  big  sticker  in  the  wind  shield  should  be  ticketed,  but  that  cost  is  a  little  out  of  control;  don't  you  think? 

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Permalink Reply by DTOM on November 18, 2011 at 5:24pm

Early proposals from Austin City Manager's office for the new photo informant parking enforcement and revenue collection program, reveal that volunteers will be known as 'Smartphone Ticket Application Sanctioned Informants'.

Those who sign up to the program and report more than 5 violations, will receive an official badge (pictured) and could qualify for financial bounties.

 

 

If the program proves successful, citizen volunteers could be entrusted with further revenue collection duties and 'community policing' of their fellow Austinites. 

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