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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:42 PM Original message |
80-year-old NYC woman fined $100 for throwing away her newspaper |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is Soviet-style authoritarianism. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. was it the newspaper or the bottle that was the issue here |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What difference does it make? |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. the oil bottle is household trash |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You've never been pulled over and let off with a warning? |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. different situation |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I wouldn't have touched the ticket |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. and on the down side of that |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Nothing wrong with the Lone Star state |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. It's impossible to adequately reply to this post without breaking about 647 DU rules. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. then don't |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not getting sympathy from me... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'm confused. Don't you guys have city garbage pick-up in NY? |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nanny-state crap like this hurts our cause |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nanny state saves souls. Err lives. We are the new religion, and those who don't worship our way |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Welcome to living in NYC, Sanitation is always out writing fines |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. She'll get fined more for throwing away a bottle than the entire Bush Administration for.. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That puts it into perspective, doesn't it? n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. The first infraction should just be a warning with no or minimal fine |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Are Sanitation officers deputized or peace officers? Do they carry a badge? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. nyc is stepping up its ticketing to make up for its budget shortfalls & refusal to tax its rich. |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. How dare she throw her garbage in a garbage can! |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Solution is to drop it on the sidewalk, then pick it up and put it in |
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