Traffic Tickets Are Big Business
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Traffic Tickets | 77 Comments »Traffic tickets are a multi-billion industry. They have virtually nothing to do with highway safety, but they have everything to do with money. When you begin to grasp the full magnitude of the public and private interests that depend on ...
Georgia City Rakes In $1,136 In Traffic Ticket Fines Per Resident
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in Corruption, Traffic Tickets | 32 Comments »According to the Athens Banner-Herald, the city of Pendergrass, Georgia took in about $558,020 in fines in 2006 - enough to pay the police department's $312,636 budget in 2006 and then some. That's quite a profit for any town, ...
