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Pigs Are More Equal than Other Animals
May 19th 2008 Government, Corruption

Montgomery’s Finest Won’t Pay Fines

Among the thousands of drivers who have been issued $40 fines after being nabbed by Montgomery County’s new speed cameras are scores of county police officers. The difference is, many of the officers are refusing to pay.

The officers are following the advice of their union, which says the citations are issued not to the driver but to the vehicle’s owner — in this case, the county.

One rule for me, another for thee. The thing I can’t understand is why 43% of American adults hold police in great esteem. Yah, people are stupid, intellectually lazy, easy led sheep, but still.

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  • drach
    May 20th, 2008 | #1

    And porkers also.

    Mell appealed that ruling to the city’s Department of Administrative Hearings but decided to re-write the law instead.”When we looked at the law, we saw the possibility of winning [the appeal] wasn’t gonna happen,” he said.

    Via Real Clear Politics

  • J.S.Bridges
    May 20th, 2008 | #2

    …citations are issued not to the driver but to the vehicle’s owner…

    This is the same silly-assed argument being cited in some locales (by law enforcement officers) as the basis for imposing fines for tickets issued based on pictures taken by stop-light cameras at intersections, where the identity of the driver is in dispute. IIRC, in at least some of such situations, the traffic judge didn’t buy it - if so, I don’t see any good reason why a court should accept that as a defense (by law enforcement officers) against a citation.

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