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I do love some juice. My covid test is about to be dropped off so I'll be able to rule that out shortly

Right now I'm in no condition to drive, but my friend said it sounded like flu. Going to covid test just in case and if I feel like I can drive later or tomorrow I'm going to flu test. My head just feels real funky and I can hardly keep my eyes open fully so driving probably isn't in the cards

Lol I usually had all sorts of cold medicine or allergy meds stocked as I get really bad allergies this time of year. I'm waiting for my covid test to be delivered right now, but driving is iffy with how my head feels. If I don't feel better by tomorrow I'm def going to try and get tested for the flu

Yooo lol I feel ya on the dirt. I kinda wanna make a post detailing the shit at these restaurants but I dont wanna kill people's favorite place in RVA lol.

So I guess it just goes into making it more of a self-sufficient system then, and whatever's left as far as cost just gets supplemented with taxes?

I didn't know how many officers they have so I was just waaaay off base about the cost. My bad. 😭

this was me two weeks ago, it was the flu. luckily i got a test and took the anti-viral which helped immensely, hope you feel better soon!

It’s expensive to employ people and have them rove around the city. It goes far beyond wages. I’d be surprised if there’s much parking ticket revenue left to pad anyone’s pockets.

Funds like that typically get appropriated individually and without much fanfare. The budget MAY have a record or list of GF sources, but I haven't seen it so can't confirm. I know the parking fund is in the 5m range I believe?

Yes, tampons have historically been taxed as luxuries, along with a number of other feminine hygiene or just women-marketed products. Very cool and normal!

Now that I know the name of what to look for, I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find. Lol, money soup. So I guess there wouldn't be a way to tell how much goes in there from where, either, or it's a separate report?

Wait...tampons...a luxury? 🥲

The budget is public, yes, I'm sure it's on the website but I'm not at my computer rn to find it. Again, it's GF, so you won't be able to say "the parking money went to education," it gets boiled into one big money soup that gets split up into budget items regardless of where the dollars originally came from.

Luxury tax is what you pay every year if you own a car, RV, jet ski, etc, you also may pay it for individual consumer goods like tampons (🙄) or champagne.

Don’t snitch it’s funny

When laziness meets ecofriendliness meets what’s best for your lawn: mulch in place!

Related… does anyone have recs for services that do mulch in place?

Sent you a dm about the cables and switches.

I paid it within less than 48 hours. The point is that I'm curious about the allocation of excess money from fines, not that I'm trying to complain that the officer did their job.

So for city budgets, is that information usually released publicly? I guess I'm generally curious about how the fund gets allocated and what kinds of things get positively affected by the money gained from fines, parking or otherwise.

I didn't even realize there was such thing as a luxury tax!

This is the way

So here’s the thing. There’s a sign. You ignored it and got a ticket exactly as the sign promised. Be a grownup, pay the ticket and move on. Whining about it is not a good look.

I just towed it. Sorry I didn't see this post sooner.

Mmmm, I’ll have to check theirs out soon!

For what it’s worth I got stuck behind one of those trucks that vacuums up leaves and I watched him drive slowly close to the curb and not actually vacuum any leaves

GF is the "one big pot" that taxes and other income gets dumped into when it doesn't already have a purpose. So if the city gets a chunk of federal or state money that can only be spent on police or sidewalks (typically through a grant), that stays separate, but taxes like property, luxury, sales, etc gets put in the GF where the mayor proposes a budget that the council approves and goes to things like police and sometimes other stuff

Thank you! It’s my first time having the flu and it’s been pretty rough!