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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?
update to the protesters in Mexico from 4 months ago that blocked the oil refinery, Wednesday they blocked the Tijuana airport.
residents of Tijuana’s Maclovio Rojas neighborhood who blocked roads leading to and from Tijuana’s international airport for 11 hours on Wednesday, affecting thousands of travelers who missed or were late for their flights.
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.
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.
The first protest was posted in May https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-group-of-residents-in-tijuana-held.html
how can anyone with a truckers license do something this stupid
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.
If I ran that corporation, I'd have said, lets bring the McRib, and every other well loved burger, we are going to make a GREAT impression, and get the best free publicity we can. Not a 5 dollar meal, without cheese on the burger. GTFR
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
Cleetus flew over this area with his helicopter, you can see the river and destroyed road very well on his video at minute 15:07 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQAPEBKhMS8
Skip to 7 minutes in for the hurricane blowing through
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/
Panasonic’s headliner-mounted Cockpit, 50 years ago, it was an aftermarket upgrade radio
https://www.thedrive.com/news/panasonic-cockpit-vintage-stereo-for-sale
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
The Electric State "takes place in 1994, in the aftermath of a battle between humanity and artificial intelligence that ended in a devastating stalemate. The people who died were buried; the automatons who were destroyed rust away where they fell. The defeated robots have been banished to an 'exclusion zone' in the southwestern desert, while human society attempts to rebuild without the help of the mechanical beings it created,"
The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown as Michelle, a young woman searching for a lost brother she once believed dead. As the story begins, he seems to have tracked her down through a remote-controlled bot that looks like a life-sized tin-toy version of his favorite sci-fi hero, Kid Cosmo (an original creation for this story, although he has retro vibes). The robot can only speak in catchphrases, but he’s trying to guide her to his real-life location. Though he looks and sounds like a machine, within this apparent drone she sees the soul of a sibling she thought was gone forever.
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.
The Electric State also stars Ke Huy Quan as Dr. Amherst, Stanley Tucci as Ethan Skate, and Giancarlo Esposito as Colonel Marshall Bradbury.
The live-action cast also includes Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Woody Norman (C'mon C'mon), and Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean). Joining Anthony Mackie as voice actors in the sci-fi movie are Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alan Tudyk, with Woody Harrelson voicing a robotic Mr. Peanut.
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/electric-state-netflix-movie-plot-details-photos
I first learned about this at Comic Con 2019 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/08/during-comic-con-which-is-far-more.html
Then the update was in 2022 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/08/good-news-for-fans-of-electric-state.html
one of the very few functioning very old gas pumps... still in use.
After a 10-month restoration, former Lehigh & New England office car No. 100 is ready to start carrying first-class passengers for its new owner, the Everett Railroad of Pennsylvania
He stored it indoors in a former freight-car repair shop, but left it untouched from its days as an eating house, including two gaping doors torched into one side to provide patrons and waitstaff access to the main restaurant building.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/restored-lehigh-new-england-varnish-ready-to-roll/
Florida just passed a law that allows Margaritaville themed license plates. The final design has not been decided,
California Gov. Newsom has signed into law a ban on leaded aviation gasoline that comes into effect in 2031.
That's the day after the FAA has said it will have a fully approved replacement fuel for 100LL through its End Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) program.
