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Just One More Thing to Give Towers a Bad Name..

By Michael Saks

Editor of Towedover

 

I saw this article and was shocked at what this city is doing. The City of Elgin, Illinois makes consumers who are arrested pay a $175 towing fee on top of an “administrative fee” of $500. While the administration fee is for felonies, I think there are some major things wrong with doing this.

1- Using punishment fines disguised as “Fees” violates the civil rights of the accused. They are being fined an amount that will cause financial pain. This is the judges job, not the city.

2- Its not fair to the tower, that a standard tow fee is now part of a bigger “punishment process.” In the mind of the consumer the tower and city are working together and they are being fined $675. This could hurt the business of the tow companies being used if the public views them as corrupt. The tow truck company is a business while the city is not. They have to have a good public image so they can get public business for break downs, lockouts, car starts and the like. This could threaten that

I think the government of Elgin, Illinois needs to rethink the constitutionality of this policy before they get hauled into court and are forced to pay a monstrous “administration fee” when they lose a defamation case.

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Original article

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110417/news/704179935/

Jobless Claims Decline for Week | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News

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From Transport Topics
4/7/2011

Initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

New claims fell to 382,000 for the week ended Saturday, below economists’ forecasts of a drop to 385,000 from the originally reported 388,000 in the prior week, Bloomberg reported.

It was the lowest level since Feb. 26.

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Shots Fired Over Towing Dispute

From WOWT.com

Posted: Apr 1, 2011
Reporter: Roger Hamer

Two tow truck drivers found themselves threatened at gunpoint Friday morning. After shots were fired, police made two arrests. Police say they were legally removing three cars that were parked illegally in an apartment complex lot near 38th and Farnam when three men came out and confronted them around 3:30 a.m., angry that a friend's car was being towed.

One man claimed to not have the money to cover a tow fee and threatened the drivers. When the tow truck drivers tried to leave one of the men fired at least eight shots into the cab, shattering the window.

As police arrived at the scene, officers saw one of the suspects throw a gun as he was running away. The officers recovered the gun and arrested 24-year-old Kenneth Hatch for making terroristic threats and possession of a stolen firearm.

Officers were given permission to search the apartment that the men had come from and located another handgun that had also been reported stolen as well as marijuana. 

Twenty-two-year-old Kyle Hauder was booked for possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and for an unrelated misdemeanor warrant. Police said he's the boyfriend of the owner whose car was being towed.

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Kim Hobscheidt of Auto 1 Towing later surveyed the damage to its tow truck. “We've got the five here. We've got the three up here in the windshield.” There were bullet holes everywhere. “From what I understand, eight. Yes, very scary.”

“We have a contract with that complex and the reason that we are there doing this is there are only so many spots.”

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