The Kleptocracy of San Francisco
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Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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- Name: Mark J. Perry
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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9 Comments:
Only $68? Please. In NYC it's $150 as a minimum.
Maybe we need to modify the definition of highwayman.
Is progress being made? IDK, we'll have to wait and see. Maybe someday the San Franciscans will realize that gov't by it's very nature is a kleptocracy. The only thing that recently changed in SF is the degree.
Anyone see the irony in that SF is a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. At the same time, the city is engaging in a major shakedown of it's legal citizens.
methinks-
$68 is for residential neighborhoods and minor infractions.
screw up downtown, and you get hit with $150 and towing, even on first offense. getting your car back is $500 easy.
the problem is that SF muni massively overpays its drivers etc (they make six figures) and refuses to pass costs along to users.
they were given the parking authority to cover the shortfalls.
every time they run in the red, they hire more meter maids and up fines.
the meters are outlandish as well.
many are 6 minutes for a quarter, and some are actually at 3 mins/25 cents.
if you don't have a parking card, they are effective unusable. this BURYS out of town visitors who are unlikely to have $6 in quarters on them.
having lived in both, trust me, NYC is FAR more parking friendly than SF. (and much easier not to have a car in)
It would be interesting to know how much in fines are actually collected.
"...parking ($68) and traffic violations ($436"
Everyone knows that residents of SF don't drive. This "income" a tax on tourists
Morganovich,
I don't know when you last lived in NYC, but things have gotten a lot worse there. Parked cars are a source of revenue.
I stopped riding the subway when a man decided to show me his penis three inches from my face (I was sitting, he was standing). I stopped taking cabs when I got one with piss all over the back seat, vomit in the foot well in another and the stench of death in the third one - all in a row.
Then, I just moved the hell out.
Aside from the usual East Coast, "you think that's bad..." non-sense, and attacks on unfortunate others (illegal aliens, really?) that pass for comments, let it be known that the Bay Area is famous (like NYC) for towing legally parked vehicles, even those parked in the person's own garage entry. San Leandro and other SF/Oakland suburban areas are hotbeds for this for this type of tomfoolery, where the garage, tow company and local government profit.
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