Auto-guilt: private parking enforcement
Three-hour parking on 5th next to First Call Resolution Once again, Dale Matthews brings us useful news on the Bill Meyer Show on KMED.com. We learned that, at the City Council’s January 11th workshop, the City of Grants Pass presented a plan to hand off downtown parking enforcement to a private company. The main difference between this and our present parking code enforcement is that, if you are ticketed and want to contest the ticket, you have to pay the fine first and then appeal the verdict of the parking attendant. You will be guilty until proven innocent in the name of “efficiency.” The company will collect its contract payment from parking violators and pay any collections over that to the City, on a monthly basis. While the company says that cities never pay for enforcement, there is no guarantee that they will pay anything to the city. It turns out that separation of powers has long since taken a walk, not surprising in a city where the Mana...