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MTA betting more ticket writing to ease deficit

By tovarichpeter   Follow   Sat, 16 Jun 2012, 8:08am   250 views   2 comments
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1. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 436 threads 4,261 comments Baltimore, MD

   1   7:56am Mon 18 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   The agency, which controls Muni, parking and traffic, faces a $19.8 million deficit over the next two years due in large part to labor negotiations that failed to yield the concessions that had been projected when the budget was passed in April. Instead of wringing $14.6 million in savings out of five unions representing maintenance, clerical and management workers, the agency will spend about $3 million over two years. That's the problem right there!

2. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 303 threads 5,306 comments

   2   12:49pm Mon 18 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   And the city plans to issue more parking tickets to help close that deficit That can't be constitutional. I thought municipalities that were suspected of this, claimed they did not have any ticket quotas?