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The [Monday] PapersFor completists, there was no Weekend Desk Report this weekend. "In its effort to clean up a mistake it made on 1.9 million red light and speed camera tickets, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has erred again," the Tribune reported Sunday. "In a mass mailing last week to recipients of those tickets, City Hall offered a second chance to appeal the violations. The effort was intended to fend off a class-action lawsuit alleging the city failed to give ticket holders adequate time or notice the first time around. "One problem: The city's ticket website is not allowing many ticket holders to view the violation video or photographic evidence used to issue the fines in the first place." * The city says it is trying to rectify the situation. Emanuel's Transportation Department spokesman, Michael Claffey, said Friday that "as soon as the city was alerted to this problem, we immediately contacted our vendors for the automated enforcement programs, and they are adding additional resources to get every violation uploaded as soon as possible." Just an innocent glitch, then? Perhaps, but Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown sees a larger problem. "Some 1.2 million motorists have been sent notices from the city of Chicago offering an 'additional opportunity' to contest red-light and speed-camera tickets that some of them paid as long as seven years ago," Brown wrote last week. What the notices don't explain is that it's actually the city that is trying to give itself the "additional opportunity" - to reinforce its claim to millions of dollars in fines and penalties that it is in danger of having to repay those vehicle owners. Go read the whole thing to get the full gist of it - and before you respond if you're one of those who received a notice. - Comments: 1. From Eric Emery: "I'm planning a second class action lawsuit against Chicago. As one who received the red light notice, I'm suing Chicago for the argument with my wife regarding my driving skills when we initially thought the notice was a newly earned ticket. The money received will help pay for the marriage counseling required in the wake of this letter." - The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #135: Bears Mess Conference, Toast To Terry & Opening The Score's Door - Chicago's Data Factories - Calling Working People Of All Colors - New Year: New Pie? (The first comment is already in - and it's mine!) - The Weekend In Chicago Rock - The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "Esperanza Spalding is a singer/songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist, a librettist, a Grammy winner, and much more. She joins Jim and Greg for a candid conversation about exploding genres and creating her theatrical new record. Plus, the music and legacy of David Bowie, one year after his death." - BeachBook The Media Treats White Drug Addicts Like Angels Who Lost Their Way, And Black Drug Users Like Demons Who Must Be Returned To Hell. * Why Americans Eat The Way They Do. * New Tips For New FOIA Rules. * Beachwood Field Trip! - TweetWood Wow.
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* — Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 8, 2017 - The Beachwood Tronc Line: Highly cited. Posted on January 9, 2017 |
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