Chicago Boot

City Boots 3,493 Vehicles, Threatens Seizure Of 183,293

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago


Scrounging for cash to erase a threatened $300 million year-end shortfall, Chicago is going after motorists with two unpaid tickets older than one yea...

Booting Crackdown Begins, 65,000 Cars Could Be Seized

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago


Chicago is lowering the boom on motorists with two unpaid parking tickets older than one year after lowering the threshold for applying the Denver boo...

How To Avoid The Boot

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago


More than 169,000 parking tickets were issued during the first eight months of this year in the 42nd Ward, which includes Chicago's downtown and Gold ...

Don't Shoot The Messenger: Take Action!

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago


The Parking Ticket Geek

As much as I think it's OK to get pissed and outraged at parking tickets, booting, the crappy system surrounding both, and Mayor Daley, it can never be acceptable to lash out at city workers in any way--verbally, physically, or ballistically.

Stop The Boot! Sign The Petition!

The Parking Ticket Geek | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago


The Parking Ticket Geek

The solution to Daley's budget deficit is not to make up the shortfall on the backs of motorists. Instead, he needs to do what every other person in these troubled economic times is doing and that's tighten the city's belt and cut expenses.