Reply #189: Your math is wrong [View All]

[TheEuclideanOne]

It is not 50% of the residents not paying the $75, it is half of the people who did not pay the large fine, once they were charged with it. Big difference. Also, you point out that the city has no jurisdiction over the county residents, which is correct, yet 50% of them pay anyway even without Jurisdiction. Can't speak for them as to why some pay and some don't. I know I would pay if somebody saved my house. Nevertheless, 50% of them do pay and they would likely pay $1000, since that article showed that they paid when the charge was $500. So, if we know that 50% pay, if you double the cost, you make up for the rest. You don't have to say "Just so you know, you are paying twice the price to make up for a bunch of deadbeats". You simply set the charge to incorporate these people. As another poster pointed out, $1000 is much less than the price of replacing a house.