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06/23/04 A conversation.
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As a loyal reader of DallasArena.com, I thought I would
pass on the following DMN
article which shows the City of Dallas is
targeting Handicapped Parkers as well as wanting the ability to create
TICKET QUOTA's for Police Officers.
City targets disabled parking privileges
I hope you are outraged about these items as much
as I am.
I am TOTALLY
outraged over this TAX ABATEMENT thing for Private citizens
you wrote about in
It's not fair.
Keep up the good
work, we appreciate it. |
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S B |
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Well, you
may not like my response. I don't think parking meters should be
available to anyone for free and certainly not for a whole day. If someone
is handicapped and works Downtown, they need to make arrangements in
their
building's garage. The meters are for short-term parking and should never
be for free to anyone. I have no problem reserving places in large
lots for handicap parking, but not for free.
The ticket quota thing is another
Laura Miller anti-cop idea. |
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| M
Brey |
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Another thought about HANDICAP parking.
The FREE PARKING thing has
been abused ever since it was created. The Original intent was that
HANDICAPPED people should not be penalized for getting closer in
spaces by having to pay more than cheaper spaces
say at a farther distance than they would be able
to move. Somehow, the language made it that
they got it FREE.
DFW Airport lobbied several years ago to do away with this
because it was being
heavily abused by people parking at the AIRPORT for several days or more
and
never paying for it. Handicapped people
should pay what is fair like everyone else. Being
handicapped doesn't mean they are entitled to a FREE
RIDE type of thing. |
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sb |
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Then we agree. |
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| M
Brey |
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Yes, we do. However,
I am TOTALLY OUTRAGED
about any form of QUOTA system on traffic
tickets, code
enforcement or such. I believe
such systems lead to
ABUSE and CORRUPTION.
I understand when you talk
about Mayor Miller's
Anti-Cop thing. She wants this to use as a
weapon against officers.
My personal opinion is TICKET FINES,
etc. should go to the State where they will
be dispensed statewide based upon CRIME STATISTICS. Why
should small West Texas towns with little or no crime make millions
off SPEED TRAPS. As
a State, we need to fund ANTI-CRIME measures where
the CRIME is. Dallas has some of the highest crime.
Any additional funds available should be
directed toward this.
But encouraging Police Officers to
write more tickets under a QUOTA SYSTEM is possible FRAUD
or CORRUPTION. They
should write tickets when a CRIME or DANGEROUS SITUATION
is observed, they should not lie in wait to
generate revenue.
Last Christmas,
Arlington was upset about providing Police Traffic control to the
Interlochen Neighborhood because they would lose
close to $80,000 based upon those officers being
out writing tickets. To me, that
smelled of the city
wanting the Police to generate REVENUE for the city. That
goes against everything the Police should stand for.
Remember the old saying
"TO SERVE AND TO PROTECT" that should always be the police motto. |
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sb |
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We disagree on this. Local is better than
state. Just would create another
bureaucracy. Don't speed in little towns. |
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M Brey |
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Guess you are correct, but
it would remove the incentive for SPEED TRAPS
or
QUOTA Systems. There is no perfect answer to
this problem. Sometimes,
just the lesser of all the evils..... |
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