"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
New Mexico: City Shuts Off Water, Sewer for Photo Ticket Nonpayment
"With more and more vehicle owners simply deciding to refuse to pay red light camera and speed camera tickets, private, for-profit companies and municipalities are growing increasingly desperate. America's second-largest city shut down its photo ticketing program last year largely because residents who could not afford the $500 citations did not pay them. On Monday, Las Cruces, New Mexico announced it would shut off the utilities of city residents who refused to pay Redflex Traffic Systems, the Australian company that owns and operates the cameras."
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WONDERFUL. People will now have incentive to go off-grid while living in the city!
Las Cruces government shot itself in one foot by ignoring the voters' rejection of the cameras (in Albuquerque and around the country[1]) and now it may shoot itself in the other foot by forcing people off of the municipal utilities.
Don't ya just love the way government thinks?
Dennis
[1] http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/36/3604.asp