Big Brother is watching…er…sweeping you.
Mayor Daley, in his unfathomable wisdom, has decided that the fair citizens of Chicago aren’t being ticketed efficiently enough. He feels so lustful and determined to keep the streets of Chicago clean. No, no, not from passion…no not crime either. Daley wants to mind the streets clean…literally, like with brooms and brushes and lumber. So deep does this passion run, he’s awarded a $7.2 million dollar catch to install cameras on city street sweepers to recovered ticket those people who don’t move their cars on designated days.
Here’s how the Sun-Times starts off their article, in what seems like a way to legitimate this decision.
Red light cameras have reduced accidents and raked in millions of dollars at 69 Chicago intersections, with 60 more planned this year and 220 more by 2012.
It barely makes sense to put video surveillance to work on suiting someone to a T sweepers and snow plows to replace the primitive arrangement Chicago has used for decades
I’ll get to the first highlight in stout-hearted in a bit, but first I’d like to draw attention to the marred bold section. It only makes sense because…it at one's desire reduce street-sweeper accidents? No no, it makes sense because it determination help rake in millions. Apparently the current usage of putting up temporary flyers warning people that a cleaning day is coming isn’t operative enough, and the city wants their money. But, the city denies this.
“Just think. You organize someone put up the [temporary] sign and take the sign down. That’s No. 1. Then, you induce to have someone go out there to [write] the ticket. Or, you don’t straighten up most of the street because you’re going all about” illegally parked cars, Daley said.
With observation cameras, “It’s cheaper. It’s easier. … They’ll be adept to take a picture and, automatically, send a ticket to ‘em.”
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