Posted on 11/13/2004 9:35:52 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
"The owner of the vehicle is still liable for all fines and fees even if the city disposes of the vehicle," Sanchez said. They've deprived me of property far in excess of the amount owed. They've more than been paid-- if they sell the item for a pittance, then that's their own idiocy.
Chicago-- it's technically America.
Disgusting scumbags!!! As a new resident to Chicago, I am appalled at the Korrupt Kingdom of Mayor Daley. How much longer will these antics be tolerated? This is organized crime .. a legal syndicate .. pure and simple.
WHAT!?!?!? I wonder if Chicago has heard of the "takings clause". Althought the takings clause doesn't apply to the state directory it does de facto apply to the state by other means. It applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, First English, 482 U.S. at 310 n.4; see also 2 Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure 523 (3d ed. 1999).
Government employees? Friends and family of government employees?
If it was anywhere but chicago, there would be an investigation into this.
If that is what is going on, it is a VERY large case for fraud, and not just fraud to the original car owners, but tax fraud as well in that they are paying less than 5% of the true value of cars and thus paying less than 5% in taxes on the cars.
This is organized crime .. a legal syndicate .. pure and simple. Capone is long dead, but his spirit lives on.
This is the level of ethics found in America's blue counties.
They harbor more than one species of rat.
There wouldn't be any investigation in Russia, or any of Latin America, or....
A terrible accident would happen to all these ballat signature collecting people; it would be tragic I tell ya, tragic.
They've deprived me of property far in excess of the amount owed. They've more than been paid-- if they sell the item for a pittance, then that's their own idiocy.
Another article I saw on this subject mentioned a guy whose stolen car was recovered while he was on vacation. He returned a few days before it was sold for scrap, but was unable to scrape up the cash quickly enough to pay the storage fees. Even though the city sold his car for scrap, they've still been billing him for the storage fees.
What does insurance do in a case like that? My personal wish would be that the insurance company would sue the city, since if they paid a theft claim it would be their car. But unfortunately I suspect the crooks running the system know how to protect themselves.
But the irony is that the city isn't getting much of anything for these vehicles--at least not "officially". Indeed, in a sane world taxpayers ought to be able to file a lawsuit on the basis that the city is acting against people in a manner which diminishes revenues (if someone owes $500 of parking tickets on a car worth $5,000 and the city sells the car for $250, the city will sacrifice $250 by stealing the person's car).
Of course, it may be that city officials get an undocumented 'cut' of the cars' resale value, but that wouldn't help the city's budget any.
Rev. Calvin Bridges of the Chicago Praise Ministries:
"There's spiritual wickedness in high places."
Allow me to modify your statement there, Rev, "There's spiritual wickedness in blue counties."
This ticketing scam was one of many reasons I was thrilled to leave the windy city after 8 years. Don't get me wrong Chicago has some great features: Museums, Lincoln Park Zoo, Don Wade in the morning.
Once my car was in the garage and I needed to rent one for the day. Because I forgot to place a temp parking permit on the rental I get a ticket for $115. I was steamed. The Alderman was all set to help me 'FIX' it until he discovered we were getting ready to move out of state.
Just my thoughts, exactly. The city evidently hasn't changed much since the Capone days. I guess it's the Daly days now. That story of absurd corruptness is too, too much. Is that what they call 'mercantilism'?
And yet, they keep re-electing the bastards.
Where's Jesse?
I'll answer my own question.
He's busy running the Jackson Budweiser Distributorship he "Stole" from Budweiser!
No doubt about what is going on here. The public 'servants' couldn't care less about the city budget. I'm sure the owner of the towing service and some of his contacts at the city are living large.
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