Page 2-FrIday, May 7, 1982-The Michigan Daily City officials crackdown on unpaid tickets By GEORGE ADAMS Students who are piling up parking tickets should beware this month. The city currently is cracking down on $2 million worth of unpaid parking violations accumulated over the past three years by Ann Arbor drivers. The city began efforts to reduce its backlog of tickets,, totalling an estimated 141,000, in April, according to City Administrator Terry Sprenkel. The plan involves a three-step method involving several departments, including the police, the city attorney's office, and the city's data processing facilities. THE FIRST step in the crackdown involves sorting through violation records kept in the city's data processing banks. After lists of unpaid tickets are collected, the process of tracking down the whereabouts of the offending car owners begins. . "This program would be impossible without our present computer capability," Sprenkel said. The names of owners with six or more unpaid tickets are given to the police, who then impound the vehicles, Sprenkel said. The city already has towed as many as 90 cars per day thrpugh this process, he added, a num- ber "substantially higher" than averages taken prior to the crackdown. IN THE THIRD step, drivers with fewer than six tickets receive ten-day warning notices. If the notice is ignored, the case is referred to the city attorney's office, according to city at- torney Bruce Laidlaw. The number of parking violation cases in city courts has increased, due to the crackdown, but court procedures have not been altered, said 15th District Court administrator Robert Randolph. "Each case has to be seen on its own merit," Randolph said. "The only dif- ference is that now we are processing a heck of a lot more ticket violations." The crackdown has cost the city $17,000 in overtime, Sprenkel said, ad- ding that expenses have been well wor- th the increase ticket collections. "It's a pretty cost effective system-. In April we brought in over $295,000. Our usual revenue is around $110,000," he said. Sprenkel's final words of advice to city drivers were blunt. "If you get a ticket, pay it," he said. Today The weather Skies will be mostly cloudy today as temperatures hover near the 80s. Showers may dampen spirits in the late afternoon. Freeze trip STUDENTS WHO FAVOR a nuclear arms freeze now have an op- portunity to take their cause on the road. University students will hold a pro-freeze petition drive in Detroit this weekend. The group will leave at 5:00 p.m. today, with free transportation and free room and board provided. Volunteers will spend Saturday and Sunday gathering signatures inia drive to put a nuclear freeze proposal on the state ballot. Those ready to petition should call LSA Student Government President Margaret Talmers at 665- 1142 or 763-4799 for more information. Q Comment of CEW THE EVALUATION committee for the University's Center for the Continuing Education of Women is asking for the public's opinion on CEW's current function. The committee, charged with examining the effec- tiveness of CEW, invites letters from the community commenting on CEW's servies, and benefits. Letters should be addressed to committee chairperson Jacquelynne Parsons, care of Marty Hinman, at 6074 Fleming Ad- ministration Bldg. The committee will be holding a public hearing May12. Q Happenings FILMS AAFC-Dr. Strangelove, 4, 7, 8:40 and 10:20 p.m., MLB 4. Cinemo Two-Tom Jones, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. Cinema Guild - A Clockwork Orange, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Lorch. MISCELLANEOUS Museum of Art-"Leonardo's Return to Vinci" exhibit opening, 8p.m. Canterbury Loft-"Treats,"8p.m., 332 S. State. Ark-Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell perform Irish music, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill. Blind Pig - Chicago Pete and the Detroiters band 208 S. First. 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