Can we keep Toad's Place?

Que?

lol awesome headline

From the city that can't give a promotion to a white guy.

RoxtarRyan: You won't be missed.

Oooooh, someone went to Harvard.

indylaw: RoxtarRyan: You won't be missed.

Oooooh, someone went to Harvard.

You say that like it's an insult

Failing to properly register your vehicle is patriotic.

As long as Pepe's is still around

I have a sister there who speaks fluent chinese so I am getting a kick out of these replys...

Does anybody else passionately hate the name "Lexis Nexis", or is it just me?

fernandez: indylaw: RoxtarRyan: You won't be missed.

Oooooh, someone went to Harvard.

You say that like it's an insult

Nah, I like the Cantabs well enough. I've lived in New Haven, get a kick out of replies, etc.

libertylad: As long as Pepe's is still around

China can have Pepe's. Modern, however, stays.

Troll headline is trollish.

davideo_games: Can we keep Toad's Place?

And Modern Pizza.

libertylad: As long as Pepe's is still around

My last two visits to Pepe's made me sad... the pizza wasn't that good.

I have problem with the City doing this. You live here, you need to register your car here and pay the property taxes that the rest of us have to pay. If you don't like it, you can move.

Finally, the Orientals will be able to participate in the "whose pizza is better" flamewars.

jerger: lol awesome headline


Is you is or is you ain't the OP?

poot_rootbeer: Finally, the Orientals will be able to participate in the "whose pizza is better" flamewars.

I wonder what the Chinese will do with good ol' New Haven bums like Luther, Country Ray and Automatic. Annette the Flower Lady, and the Shakespeare Lady.

Wait, a city trying to collect taxes it is owed? Just plain crazy.

I've never been a fan of municipal and county automobile license taxes just for this reason. Too many people cheat and it skews the system. Set it universally at the state level or don't have one at all.

Furthermore, those taxes are nothing more than a grab at the rich. Something tells me that a 2009 Audi A3 causes less wear and damage to a road than a 1988 Chevy Suburban. Guess who pays more in taxes, though.

IMHO, automobile license taxes should be based on the weight and age of the car. As either goes up, so do the taxes.

As for the city of New Haven, maybe they should get with the program and have property taxes set accordingly so that you don't need a automobile license tax. Or maybe you can try to lure more commercial and light industrial, as they tend to be major contributors to the local tax base. You know, so that way you don't have to be a bunch of royal douchebags spying on your citizens and all.

Just an idea, though.

"If everybody plays by the rules, everybody pays less," Mayor John DeStefano Jr. said Tuesday.

Um, no. Where government and taxes are concerned, nobody ever, EVER pays less for anything. That's a rule that applies only to free market economies.

Fark Me To Tears: Wow! Do the New Haven police wear SS uniforms?

This is tax enforcement gone overboard. They may collect 98% in taxes due to aggressive efforts, but how much do the contractors make out of all this? They're not doing it just for the fun of it.


According to the article the contractor is taking a 30% cut of any collected revenue.

wow.

And I'm sure they'll use the tax proceeds to improve the very efficient DMV to make the registration process so much easier for new residents. Riiiiiiiiiight.

Pay your damn taxes. How dare they try to enforce the law?

So, I go to school in New Haven, but pay property tax on my car at a family member's house because that's where the car lives for half the year. Since we're all starting back to school next week, that means I'm going to get caught in this. They say that I can challenge it, but, knowing city govt., there's no way that anyone is going to believe me. NH - how about you fix the potholes in the roads from last winter before you spend the money on this?

My car's fine, but this is just another reason to add to my list of reasons why I don't go to New Haven.

Mnemia: Pay your damn taxes. How dare they try to enforce the law?

And another law. And another law. And another tax. And another tax.

Mnemia: Pay your damn taxes. How dare they try to enforce the law?

Papers please Citizen.

davideo_games: Can we keep Toad's Place?

Please do! And, some of the undergrads, while you're at it.

CaesarSneezy: Mnemia: Pay your damn taxes. How dare they try to enforce the law?

And another law. And another law. And another tax. And another tax.

Don't like a tax? Try to get the law changed. Just not paying makes you a shiatty citizen, because it means that you're screwing your fellow citizens who DO obey the law.

whowhatwhere: davideo_games: Can we keep Toad's Place?

Please do! And, some of the undergrads, while you're at it.

Who would want Toad's Place? It's like asking for syphilis.

indylaw: Modern

And Rudy's. Best dive in town.

*Looks out window* Nope they're still there . . . I've gotta wonder though, all the tech and personnel they are going to use will net . . . how much?

Still, I annoys me no end with the PA & NJ plates on the streets. I mean, I pay, my neighbors pay so why can't they pay?
OTOH, not really in favor of their tactics. Just how will photographing only the illegal plate help discover who the owner is.
Confession- didn't read the whole article. With all the newspapers failing why hasn't the Register? Six year old can point out typo's

So much wrong here, my head hurts.

FooDog: indylaw: Modern

And Rudy's. Best dive in town.

OMG, it's like talking to a mirror! Yes!

Cheap beer and, for some reason, Belgian pommes frites. And carved-to-death tables that haven't been replaced or washed since the 1950s.

Mnemia: CaesarSneezy: Mnemia: Pay your damn taxes. How dare they try to enforce the law?

And another law. And another law. And another tax. And another tax.

Don't like a tax? Try to get the law changed. Just not paying makes you a shiatty citizen, because it means that you're screwing your fellow citizens who DO obey the law.

ooh ooh, how about a system where nobody gets screwed?

/oh that's just utopian horseshiat

And here I thought there would be a discussion about the so called one child law in China which only applies to the poor people. I have spent the past year teaching English to kids from China who have multiple brothers and sisters.
Sort of love the place I teach at, only one language allowed on campus, English oddly enough.

havaniceday: ooh ooh, how about a system where nobody gets screwed?

That's what we would have, if people would pay their damn taxes. (I'm using "screwed" to mean "being forced to pay a tax that other people are getting away with not paying"). Unfortunately, since lots of people were getting away with it under the lax enforcement, it's reasonable to try to enforce it.