Cops vs. Ticketers

The ongoing battle between Buffalo cops and parking enforcement continues. A parking enforcer was found guilty of not wearing a seat belt and forced to pay a $50 fine and an $80 surcharge. (Only in dysfunctional New York state is the surcharge tax nearly twice as much as the fine.) Meanwhile, half the cars in downtown Buffalo were being broken into while the police wasted the taxpayers time with this nonsense. I have no sympathy for the parking enforcers either. In fact, I wish them a slow and painful death. They are extremely overzealous and power hungry.

In other 6th grade news, someone at my school told on another student at lunch...

Parking enforcement officers paying up : City & Region : The Buffalo News