Comments on: Will Brodsky and Assembly Dems Back Up Their Enforcement Bluster? http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/02/will-brodsky-and-assembly-dems-back-up-their-enforcement-bluster/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: bureaucrat http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/02/will-brodsky-and-assembly-dems-back-up-their-enforcement-bluster/comment-page-1/#comment-52956 bureaucrat Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:10:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/02/will-brodsky-and-assembly-dems-back-up-their-enforcement-bluster/#comment-52956 not just salary - benefits, pension etc - may be those are paid for by tickets also, but just pointing out. not just salary - benefits, pension etc - may be those are paid for by tickets also, but just pointing out.

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/02/will-brodsky-and-assembly-dems-back-up-their-enforcement-bluster/comment-page-1/#comment-52950 Ian Turner Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:32:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/07/02/will-brodsky-and-assembly-dems-back-up-their-enforcement-bluster/#comment-52950 Something smells funny here. I'd expect traffic agents to pay for themselves, since the tickets they write are so profitable. More agents = more tickets = more income, so budgetary concerns should never be an issue when hiring traffic agents. If TEA's tickets don't pay their salaries, then something else is wrong -- either the TEAs make too much, the fines are too small, the system is too bureaucratic, or too many tickets are thrown out in court. Instead of a balanced-budget issue, this sounds like some kind of political non-decision, perhaps due to bullying from the PBA, AAA, or other automobile interests. Something smells funny here. I'd expect traffic agents to pay for themselves, since the tickets they write are so profitable. More agents = more tickets = more income, so budgetary concerns should never be an issue when hiring traffic agents. If TEA's tickets don't pay their salaries, then something else is wrong -- either the TEAs make too much, the fines are too small, the system is too bureaucratic, or too many tickets are thrown out in court.

Instead of a balanced-budget issue, this sounds like some kind of political non-decision, perhaps due to bullying from the PBA, AAA, or other automobile interests.

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