>The fine has escalated over the years from $50 to $2600 and resulted in a tax lien. Now the city has foreclosed on his $245,000 home.
>Your government at work.
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=788744Outrageous.
One thing that should be noted is that it is a newspaper keeping this situation in the public eye. The public's esteem for the press has probably never been lower, sometimes with good reason. But they still do some good. There is an old saying that the role of the press is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.