There is an abundance of $AFEClear-related items in the news and around the web. Here are some links:
HPD has released a list of $AFEclear frequently asked questions.
Here’s the $AFEclear motorist bill of rights (which appears to be thin on motorist rights).
The Chronicle has an editorial opposing the $AFEclear program.
Friendswood lives up to its name!
The JazzHouston forum and the Houston MINI Motoring Society have discussion threads on $AFEclear.
JoeUser blog, Liberty’s blog, Baboon Pirates (language warning), Darth Apathy, Uebelhart, and of course, Lone Star Times, all have posts and some have comments.
If you know of more forums or blogs discussing $AFEclear, please let us know, so we can add them.
UPDATE: Callie points us to this Galveston Daily News story about Friendswood’s more flexible towing policy. I like this quote:
“We don’t have an active towing program,” said City Manager Ron Cox. “We work with the individuals and we are certainly are not going to indiscriminately tow cars away.”
Now I understand that Friendswood isn’t the size of Houston, but it is a refreshing point of view, one that Houston appears to have lost, in spite of Mayor White’s declaration that he wants a dynamic, customer-service oriented government.
