I remember checking numbers at the debt clock. Local revenue is "primarily" property tax, the rest is tickets-fees. . Yet, property tax revenue is less than half of total local revenue 

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This isn't so much as propaganda for traffic tickets it's a safety reminder. Now I don't support everything the government does but credit is due where it's due.
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some day cities will find better ways to collect revenue, but until then..
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We need a mass transit system, but the auto and oil industry don't want that.
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I grew up with a dad born in '37 who told me that the street cars were awesome. Then oil paid for them to go away.
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