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catbyte

(34,409 posts)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 02:07 PM Aug 2020

Eric Swalwell is always on the money. 😂



This tweet actually demonstrates we have not adequately funded public education.

Matt Schlapp

Want to stick it to the people trying to #DefundthePolice? How about this: park illegally, get a ticket, and pay it. All the funds go to RE-fund the police. Who’s with me?
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Eric Swalwell is always on the money. 😂 (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2020 OP
Someone please qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #1
It's one of the dumbest tweets I've read DesertRat Aug 2020 #2
Schlapp's schtick spanone Aug 2020 #3
Matt Schlapp's tweet is moronic and wrong. madaboutharry Aug 2020 #4
behold the brilliance! splunge63 Aug 2020 #5

spanone

(135,847 posts)
3. Schlapp's schtick
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 02:20 PM
Aug 2020
Matthew Aaron "Matt" Schlapp is an American political activist and lobbyist who is chairman of the American Conservative Union, the oldest

conservative lobbying organization in the country. He leads the lobbying firm of Cove Strategies. He is also a Fox News political contributor.
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madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
4. Matt Schlapp's tweet is moronic and wrong.
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 02:48 PM
Aug 2020

Revenue from parking tickets in most jurisdictions go into a General Fund, not to the police.

If the ticket involve an unpaid parking meter then the funds are often used to pay the contractor that maintains the parking meter/facility.

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