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PoorGuyCrypto t1_j6ifnbv wrote

Fines and tickets are one-time fees based directly on the violation.

Charging someone a monthly "monitoring fee" in a system where people convicted of a crime can only get the lowest-paying jobs is completely immoral.

Charging them with further crimes for their inability to pay those monitoring fees is disgusting.

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Slight-West2591 t1_j6ie8c2 wrote

Reply to Best bars by cul8rbb

I like Redbeard's on Sixth, its a sports bar type atmosphere. I was also going to say Ten Penny on Penn Ave but it would appear that has been changed to Carpino now. It has been 2 years since I have been downtown but I will be there for a week in April which I am looking forward to.

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anonymouspoliticker t1_j6idt16 wrote

None of those are criminalizing being broke as they are all only applicable to people duly convicted by their peers. Criminalizing being broke would be like charging money for a public defender (but they are free). They owe a debt to society in a similar way that someone who parks in a fire line and gets ticketed does.

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BeefyHoagie t1_j6ida1c wrote

You can hire a lawyer if you want. It costs something like $900 in the end (I think the initial fee was $750 and then to appeal the decision was another $150). My lawyer is saying he’s getting my assessed value down a good bit, though I’m not 100% sure what would have happened if we would have just done nothing. It’s likely though if you own the house for 5+ years that appealing with a lawyer will work out financially for you.

Our process started around January 2021 and just now we have our final hearing in February 2023 so it takes a long time for the process to play out.

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burjwa_look t1_j6icea0 wrote

As a child of eleven at the time, I recall that this was a snow day in much of Western Pennsylvania. I was out playing in the snow that morning, when my neighbor, also eleven, came out and told me about the accident.

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