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Saturday, October 05, 2024
the city of Lenox in Georgia on Interstate 75, finally got caught "consistently altered" speeding tickets by the state Dept Of Public Safety for years, and only ticketed people on the interstate, only ONCE in the city in the last 3 years
but the state of Georgia, instead of arresting or legally prosecuting the Lenox government and law enforcement, instead, did the least useful, least noteworthy possible action
It took away the right to create speeding tickets.
According to state investigators, after officers ticketed drivers for speeding, the city often changed citations to “unsafe driving.”
That practice allowed the city to circumvent a state law that caps revenue from speeding fines at 35 percent of a police department’s budget. After the DPS audited the city, it discovered Lenox generated nearly 40 percent from speeding citations last year.
DPS Commissioner Col. William Hitchens said the agency’s investigation found the city altered tickets for years, but only exceeded the state 35 percent cap in 2023.
According to the agency’s audit, city records originally showed it collected $477,685 in revenue from speeding related fines in 2023. After investigators re-calculated the altered tickets, the revenue from speeding-related fines increased to $514,456, a difference of $36,771.
before DPS conducted a hearing sustaining the city’s suspension in August, an Atlanta News First investigation uncovered Lenox relied on the profit from its police force more than any other city in the Georgia. In 2022, it collected $1.3 million from fines and forfeitures, revenue generated by its police department. That’s nearly 73 percent of the town’s budget. State investigators at the hearing said the practice seemed intentional; they pointed out 85 percent of the police department’s revenue came from fines and forfeitures. An investigator also said Lenox officers only cited one driver for speeding on city streets in three years. The remaining speeding tickets occurred on Interstate 75.
The last time the state suspended a police department’s speed detection permits was in 2019, involving the city of Cecil. According to agency records, the city’s speeding ticket revenue equaled more than 150 percent of its 2018 budget.
17 cities in Georgia have relied on 25 percent or more of their budgets from traffic citation revenue from 2019 to 2022. The majority are located in South Georgia, including Warwick, Morven, and Poulan, whose respective populations are less than 1,000 residents each.
As if taking away the legal ability to write speeding tickets will change how corrupt the city govt and law enforcement will be in the future?
Dream Flights, a nonprofit based in Nevada, has owned this trainer plane since 1946 and he had it restored in 2009, and gives individual flights to World War II, Korea and Vietnam vets. 7,000 so far, about 700 a year
update to the protesters in Mexico from 4 months ago that blocked the oil refinery, Wednesday they blocked the Tijuana airport.
The blockade also forced arriving passengers to walk with their suitcases for more than a mile because they were unable to take shuttles, taxis or ride-share vehicles from the airport.
Demonstrators said they took action because the state of Baja California and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have not provided titles to the land where their homes have been built.
how can anyone with a truckers license do some
A semi-truck that was carrying an oversized load struck the overpass at the Indian Street exit on interstate 60
The McRig is in Asheville serving FREE 5 dollar meals to those affected by Hurricane Helene beginning today, Oct. 3, through Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
thank you James D for sending me a link to this video of the destruction aftermath in North Carolina, on Oct 3rd days later, of what one river did to a river side road, and bridges. Amazing hi def hi res video, the 2nd video shows the hurricane coming through on Sept 27th
Friday, October 04, 2024
Who knew Angelina Jolie had a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe? Well, it's for sale, so, she once had one. That's intriguing. Not many women find a vintage Ferrari something they want to own.
The article says it only has 6424 miles on the odometer. I'll guess that means SINCE it was restored.
https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/angelina-jolies-ferrari-250-gt-coupe-auction-1235893119/
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Chris Pratt and Millie Brown are starring in The Electric State on Netflix, in early 2025, directed by the Russo brothers
Chris Pratt costars as Keats, a veteran of the war who became a long haul trucker, engaged in a smuggling operation with one of his former enemies—a construction machine named Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie) who’s like a Russian nesting doll, able to hop into increasingly various sized versions of himself. These two are the only ones who can help Michelle venture through hostile territory and track down the missing boy, while also solving the mystery of why he was kidnapped in the first place.
Then the update was in 2022 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/08/good-news-for-fans-of-electric-state.html