Letter Re: Municipalities Raising Revenue by Stepping Up Traffic Violations
Many of your readers have been sending links to articles explaining how bad the economy has been and how much worse it may get. Some of us have little recourse but to bite the bullet and make do, do without or downsize. Municipalities across the U.S. also face hard economic times but they have a recourse you and I do not have. They can raise revenues by fees and fines. Cities across the country have been increasing fines for such things as traffic violations and many have decided to enforce laws on the books to raise revenue. In my …