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		stefan_ on Sept 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Masked 'boot girls' are freeing booted cars in Atl... Parking enforcement in just about any city costs nothing, it's profit making. Surely a private company can only be cheaper if it's literally paying the city?

Dylan16807 on Sept 16, 2023 [–]

If they can make money off of it, why wouldn't they pay the city for the contract?

If they can double profits by being dirty and give 60% of their profits to the city, then everyone wins except the citizens.

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