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In article <vEGJ2w8Z7WmH092yn@netcom.com>,
Jeffrey Hurwit <jhurwit@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <6vaaep$93n$0@208.198.206.123>, BobHope <BHope@pathway.net> wrote:
>
>>If people follow the law,  they will not get tickets!!
>
>    The following article has already been posted to la.general,
>    Chi.general, and other groups.  However, for your edification:
>
>http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/20/local/CRUS20.htm
>
>
>               Small town went a ticket too far
>
>                         by Kurt Heine
>                    Daily News Staff Writer
>
>Finally, all the suburban towns whose cops lie in wait for speeding
>motorists have a reason to back off.
>
>It's Macks Creek, Mo., the little town that lived by the speeding ticket
>and died by the speeding ticket.
>
>One day, a town cop stopped a Missouri legislator. The lawmaker
>introduced a bill limiting the amount of income a town could generate
>from traffic tickets to 45 percent of total revenue.  It became law in
>1995.

I heard this same story told except the town was in Illinois. I also
heard this same story except the town was in Ohio. I'm beginning to think
this is an Urban Legend.

Paul
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