Florida Supreme Court refuses to hear case of woman who was fined $165,000 for parking in her own driveway | Not the Bee
Florida residents have a lot going for them in the conservative movement, but the results of an ongoing court case just gave local governments the power to tax their residents by citation … as much as they want.
https://notthebee.com/article/florida-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-of-small-town-woman-who-racked-up-165000-in-fines-for-parking-in-her-driveway
The law: Excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, attainder, forfeiture of estate, indefinite imprisonment, and unreasonable detention of witnesses are forbidden.
Not the law: County governments can impose debilitating fines for ticky-tack reasons, and the fines can increase every day until a public official decides that the citizen has been compiled to comply with a rule. Public officials, friends and families of public officials, political campaign donors, and special public employees including Tha Police shall be exempted from the provisions of this section.
