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Old 03-30-2011, 04:29 AM   #1
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Default Congress racks up $15,000 in unpaid parking tickets
Elitists who think they're above the rules...

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_10...-204386-1.html

Members Collect Many Unpaid Tickets

By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff

March 29, 2011, Midnight

Members of Congress have immunity from many routine parking tickets in the District of Columbia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to rack up fines.

According to a Roll Call survey of vehicles parked on Capitol Hill and at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as of mid-March, lawmakers were carrying at least $15,000 in outstanding tickets — ranging from expired meters to speeding camera violations — and potentially thousands of dollars more.

Three-quarters of those tickets, worth about $11,500, were in default at the time of the survey, having gone more than 60 days, and in some cases years, without payment.

Roll Call canvassed Congressional parking facilities, as well as a special Members-only parking lot at the airport, and reviewed about 300 vehicles displaying a House- or Senate-issued Member parking tag.

Information on parking violations was obtained from the District of Columbia’s public ticket database, which is searchable by license plate and includes information on minor violations.
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Old 03-30-2011, 04:24 PM   #2
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Elitists who think they're above the rules...
You do realize those "elitists" probably include some Republicans, right?
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:24 PM   #3
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You do realize this happens pretty much every year, under every President, no matter who is in control of Congress, right? And as DES says, with bipartisan support.
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