Comments on: Parking scofflaws, your free ride will soon be over

By: Thomas Wheatley

Thomas Wheatley — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:45:24 +0000

Darin,

The guy on Buford Highway Southbound who wrestled the motorist to the ground is a friend of mine from college! I saw that on the news last night and was baffled.

By: Darin

Darin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:37 +0000

This is good news for me. There are a lot of “scofflaws” who illegally take up spaces well-marked with city signs as being residential near my Midtown condo. I’d like to see the city making some money off of that annoyance.

And while I’m in complainy, angry old man mode, I’d like to see the city making money off of the crazy-ass speeders on BuHi southbound going onto Spring Street. Seriously, there are some quality fines to be had from ATL drivers.

And I agree with Julian about those property taxes needing to be collected.

By: wesleywhatwhat

wesleywhatwhat — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:35:27 +0000

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By: Julian Bene

Julian Bene — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:46:18 +0000

Collecting parking fines is good. Unpaid property taxes still better. $30 million unpaid in 2007 alone, way up from $10mm in 2003. Why the city does not use tax liens effectively is a mystery – or perhaps another dirty secret. Just think as you cough up the extra 3 mills this summer, it might have been half increase that if they’d collect from the non-payers.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:45:13 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up. The news stories you’ve posted, while treating/categorizing them as blogs, are more in-line with the news I’d like to be able to read in the paper. I’ve found your Twitter updates with links to your new posts to be an excellent way to stay informed and kept up-to-date regarding stuff I’d actually like to know about.

If you could find some way to send me weekly coupons, I’d rather send you $2 a week than have to buy the AJC on Sundays.

By: Milli

Milli — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:15:34 +0000

Does anyone know how to find out about your unpaid parking tickets? For instance, I know I have unpaid tickets, but I don’t have the physical tickets anymore so I don’t know how much I owe or how to find out that info.