The government of Connecticut doesn’t mess around with litterers. There I was getting off of interstate 84,at exit 31 near Southington, halfway through the sweeping turn, when I see a simple sign in red script...
$219 Fine for Littering
I’m not sure about you, but if I had been tempted to sling a mentos wrapper out of the window, I might have thought twice if I knew a $200 fine would be the result...but that extra $19 bucks would certainly have made me snap out of that temptation, for sure. I would have loved to have been in that meeting of the highways committee in Hartford...
Bureaucrat 1: Ok, we need to set the fine amounts for 2018. We can’t keep putting this off. Last year it was $197.24. Should we leave it there, lower it, raise it?
Bureaucrat 2: How many litterers did we catch last year?
Bureaucrat 3: 725
Bureaucrat 2: Ok, that means we collected $143,000. How many of those litterers were from out of state?
Bureaucrat 1: We don’t have that information. That would constitute profiling...
Bureaucrat 2: I guarandamn-tee you that most of ‘em were from New York.
(General laughter all around)
Bureaucrat 3: Well, I say we need to stick it to those bastards. How about an eleven percent increase?
(Audible gasps)
Bureaucrat 2: That’s awfully bold, Stan. Why, that would raise the fine to $219!!
Bureaucrat 3: Fortune favors the bold, Al.
Bureaucrat 1: So it’s settled then. $219 it is. Now, let’s move along to how much we should fine people for driving the speed limit in the passing lane. Last year it was $126.15....
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