Thanks! That's what I figured, especially with costs related to running the electronic kiosks, printing passes, etc.

What's the General Fund, is that the same place that tax money goes into?

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Spending the weekend online in a PROSCI class.
I mean, not ideal, but nice to do some professional development again.

The money goes into a specific fund to support parking enforcement and meters. Every year they appropriate the leftovers into the General Fund where it gets budgeted with all the other taxes

Got my car stolen today from Lakeview Ave. Anyone else had a similar coincidence?

Or everyone should just stop using Facebook since they will likely not help out.

The City will not vacuum leaves in any alley. Must be out front.

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It’s from the other guys lol funny movie if you haven’t seen it

I'm not an expert, so I was just curious about how their budgeting process works when it comes to traffic-related expenses here. I'm sorry.

Library of Virginia was where I found information on previous owners. Then I used Ancestry.com to get more info on their lives.

+1000

I believe they would need to be in the front since the vacuum truck is pretty massive. But you can also mow/shred them and leave them in place (great for your soil!), compost them (either yourself or bring them to a composting dropoff spot) or you can bag them and put them out for regular trash pickup.

You're welcome to take a look as well. Problem is that I live in Moseley so I'm not likely to be on your way anywhere.

No idea what this means, but thanks!

That's a good idea and makes a lot of sense. I tend to be overly focused on doing things "completely" to the point that it becomes a big hassle that I never have time for. If I just price the stuff worth above like $5 and estimate the rest it would go a lot quicker.

The Japanese stuff is tougher, though, because I am not entirely certain which card is which. I figure all that will just be bundled and priced arbitrarily. Not even sure if people in the US are interested in the Japanese ones anymore.. They were more useful 20 years ago when Japan was several sets ahead of the US.

Your partner says they park there all the time and don’t get a ticket, but then you’re surprised when you do? Yeah, it’s because they don’t patrol every block constantly. You got busted. Eventually people do.

And you’re questioning whether the parking fines “pad the pockets of the higher ups??” That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.

It’s not like every dollar of revenue aligns with a specific dollar of expenses. Cities don’t work that way, businesses don’t work that way, people don’t work that way.

They put it on the next auto train and ship it back to the Northeast

Mow them shits and let it fertilize yo grass

If he'd been there he probably would've told me to move, but it definitely taught me that he's generally a luckier person than I am when it comes to not getting caught.

It’s a contracted service. Police don’t usually give tickets unless someone calls them about a car blocking a loading zone or handicap ramp. Tickets from police look very different from tickets you get from parking enforcement. I’d be surprised if the city makes much money at all annually from parking tickets. Whatever money they do make likely just goes into the general revenue fund and is used for basic city expenses.

That said if a sign says 1 hour parking and your boyfriend says it’s fine to park longer I guess you learned a lesson about who to listen to.

Not if it's painted in pink security paint!

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Find a Prius and make your own soup kitchen!