Fines for parking violations set to increase

So lets just implement a "Death Penalty for parking violations policy "  We would solve several issues here.  Here's how it clould work:   * Tax paying citizen violates the law by going over their alloted time limit  *parking enforcement observes the heinous crime committed  *waits for criminal to return  *notifes the public enemy/criminal of their crime  *holds court right on the spot then executes sentence.  DEATH PENALTY!  The guilty party is given one minute to say their prayers and given a choice lethal injection or just shot in the back of head (execution style).  If the guilty party resists, the officer has right to bludgeon them to death with a hatchet.   The benefits of this new procedure are unmeaserable.  Lets take a look at them: Parking enforement would not have to have expensive, unreliable technolgy with them,   just the basics:  badge, gun, with bullets, hatchet, safty glasses, radio and body bags.  Once sentence is carried out,  officer calls in the location and the city crew removes the vehicle, to be sold later at public auction,  the body bag to be disposed of a green manner.  The cost of this would surely be covered by the sale of the vehicles leaving a hefty profit.  As a bonus we would be rid of these public enemies.  Do the math, more money for the city, quick turnover of parking spaces for the business.  I see this as a win win for all, except the offending party who might rather be subjected to the slow painful extortion we have now in Portland now.  Portland needs to better then other cities and standout. 

I would contest a fine for "Improper display of a meter receipt" all the way since they did away with receipts with stickers.  The window seal on our car is not tight enough to the glass on the inside to hold the ticket so I am forced to put it on the dash or risk it slipping down into the door.

Lets all just close our busnesses downtown before the city closes them for us

Using fines to pay for public services is wrong.  I will no longer go down town, maybe the loss of income to downtown will wake them up.  Use free parking at the malls and screw the city.

Who saw this comming raise thier hands? They are going to Tax and Fee us to death. I just wish they would cut spending. If they where to cut spending along with these tax and fee hikes then I would be OK with them. But every year they run into a shortage and every year they raise something to try and offset thier deficits.But yet every year is allways worse then the year before.

"The city’s transportation department has sought ways to defray its deficits for the past several years"

 

Now that Sammie uis gone the city can stop building bicycle paths and concentrate on more important priorities of those who pay the majority share of taxes and fees dedicated to roads.  Of course government rarely proposes ways to be more efficient, and even more rarely successfully implements them.  No, instead the city wants to continue to be unfriendly to downtown patrons by making it even more incconvenient to drive and park.  Eight days in office and Hales has already presided over a fee increase.  SSDD

Yea, the City of Portland is going to do whatever they think they can get away with just like Omama - I doubt seriously that the folks in Portlandia have ballocks enough to stand up to them so you get what you voted for. Just wait until your next paycheck when you have to start paying a 3.8% tax on your medical benefits to help pay for OmamaCare that you all thought was free...

Several comments come to mind, I shall only offer two. 1) Portland is seeking to be on TV again with Parking Wars. 2) what about all of us who have handicapped Plaques, Now how to extract $ from the handicapped?

Wow, not this again.  The city forced public transit projects down the throats of its citizens without a vote; the entire system can't support itself because it was based on false premises and artificially supported with federal money.  

 

So what's the solution?   Soak automobile drivers even more to get them to join the 12% of Portlanders that actually use public transit.

"Circuit Court Administrator Doug Bray said the changes aim to put Portland’s fines in line with those levied in other cities."

 

So will the excess money collected be donated to charity or used to fund retired city workers pensions?

All this is, is another byproduct of Obama's ideology. Now take a breath before you blow, that's better, wind down and just pay attention. Obama's plan is to redistribute wealth as quickly and in some cases indiscreetly as necessary. As Obama makes more and more requirements on the Governors and mayors etc...,they then need to find every way possible to pass the buck, by whatever means possible. Not only does our local government need to meet Obama's spending requirements, they also, most importantly need to keep all of their promises to the Unions. That means keeping up all of the wages, benefits, PERS, cost of living raises etc.... And if they have to get the money from parking tickets and every other bs fine they can come up with, they will. Can't let the Unions down. No siree Bob.

Yet another reason to not go downtown!!!

It's all part of Portland's master plan to make down town as vehicle un-friendly as possible, while at the same time turning a blind eye to bicyclists who blow through stop signs and stop lights.  A double standard in downtown.

Good lord! Who dresses you people( parking whiners) in the morning? You make parking a car in downtown seem like it's harder than finding the Higgs-Boson Particle! A 16 year old girl can do it while updating Facebook, texting her friends, and rocking out to Ke$ha, I'm pretty sure most on here can figure out how to avoid tickets. Can you?

Anyone dumb enough to go into Portland deserves a ticket and a trip to a shrink.  

What is the fine for an out of order parking tag dispenser going to be?

 

and how much did the occupiers pay for the overtime of the cops, clean up of the parks and lost business revenue that occured over the course of  2-3 months?

 

i have a "hunch" that the city burned more cash in-front of tax payers during the support of the occutards during this time than this increase in parking fines will ever cover......

 

 

 

 

Just think of all the walkers, train riders, cyclists, and bus riders that won't face any of these problems....now hate on them.

So, why do you people even go downtown? You have to go there to get drunk? There is nothing you can buy in downtown Portland that you can't find elsewhere closer to home.

"No front or rear plate from $55 to $80."   (from the story)

 

I'm guessing they're referring to license plates on the car, correct?    When did license plates get to be "parking violations"..?     

Just curious...  

This city continues to come up with reasons for me to avoid it, and damned few for me to venture downtown. Keep up the good work, and downtown businesses will evaporate.