AN ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR WANTS LITTERING FINES TO GO UP. CURRENTLY THE FINE IS 150 DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE. BUT COUNCILOR CYNTHIA BORREGO HAS PROPOSED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HIKE FINES TO 250-DOLLARS FOR A FIRST OFFENSE … AND 500 DOLLARS AFTER THAT.
FINES WON’T BE IMPOSED UNLESS AN OFFICER SEES THE OFFENSE. THE OFFICER CAN THEN ISSUE THE TICKET AND EVEN ARREST YOU. SOME RESIDENTS THINK PEOPLE NEED MORE ACCESS TO GARBAGE BINS.
KOB TV REPORTS THE CITY PAID OUT 9-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP PASEO DEL NORTE’S LITTER.
