The article says: > [The auditor recommends to...] Allow parking meter enforcers to access state placard data so they can nab cheaters on the spot. Now they mu

The article says: > [The auditor recommends to...] Allow parking meter enforcers to access state placard data so they can nab cheaters on the spot. Now they must go through sworn law enforcement who are often too busy handling serious crime. I understand that you feel these efforts should be ignored because there is real "serious crime" to address. But I disagree: a society with few felonies but a rampaging problem with unenforced misdemeanors is not a nice place. It's reasonable to devote a large effort towards preventing serious crime, but an appropriate effort towards less serious crime is not zero. Alternatively, you're correct that we don't need police to make sure people aren't being assholes. They have more important things to do. But we do need parking meter enforcement officers, and they should be empowered to make sure that people aren't being assholes.