goes to the construction of courthouses.The logic is, I guess, that if the person cited challenges the citation, it will end up in court and, therefore, the cost of the courthouse should be born by the users. So the state is issuing (borrowing) bonds and building


courthouses and judicial centers, and part of the funding is coming from parking citations. I have a problem with this.Well, a lot of problems, but


the following come to mind.What is the purpose of the cita- tion? Is it not to change the parking habits of the citizenry? If someone breaks the law, isn’t the penalty an attempt by society to get them to follow the law in the future? If that’s the case, what if it begins to work? (For instance,


it is claimed by many in law enforcement that the state’s “three strikes” law has taken many repeat offenders off the streets and therefore lowered the crime rate substantially.) Don’t get me wrong, I’m not for throwing scofflaws into


the hoosegow. However, if the purpose of parking fines is to motivate people to obey the law, then don’t we hope that eventually there will be no money collected because every- one will be parking properly, putting their quarters in the meter, and not overstaying their welcome? Or are we developing the parking equivalent of a


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