April 14, 2007
Democrat's Standards of Justice
Eight Democrats running for three nominations to be judges in Philadelphia's Traffic Court owe parking fines, and three of those owe over $1,000 apiece. I guess they hope to win so that they can dismiss their own fines.
Posted by Woody M. at April 14, 2007 01:30 PM | TrackBackWelcome to my traffic court world. This is the kind of thing that just shows you how overly complicated and regulated our society has become. We impose too many laws and even educated people have trouble following the rules. Let's make life simpler, and start by reducing the number of traffic regulations so we can spend less time in front of traffic court judges.
Posted by Traffic Court Guy at April 14, 2007 01:02 PM
Yeah, that rule about paying your parking fines is really, really complicated.
Posted by Woody at April 14, 2007 01:25 PM
I'm all for eliminating a whole bunch of useless laws, but... As long as they are laws, they need to be obeyed or penalties have to be faced.
The idea of making judges of people who already believe they are above the law is ludicrous!
Posted by Seth at April 15, 2007 01:02 AM
Candidates count on voters being stupid. It takes sheer gall to run for judge of the same court which one holds in such contempt so as to refuse paying its assessed fines.
Posted by Woody at April 15, 2007 11:04 AM
