Los Angeles city officials last week spotlighted a surprising revelation involving red-light camera tickets: Authorities cannot force violators who simply don’t respond to pay them. For a variety of reasons, including the way the law was written, Los Angeles officials say the fines for ticketed motorists are essentially “voluntary” and there are virtually no tangible consequences for those who refuse to pay.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0727-red-light-cameras-20110727,0,496609.story

Vernal police cited Jason West with disorderly conduct on May 31, claiming he unnecessarily caused alarm when he unloaded 2,500 pennies onto a receptionist’s counter at Basin Clinic to settle his bill five days earlier.  Officers say the pennies were “strewn about the counter and the floor” and that West’s actions “served no legitimate purpose.”

Read the story, and an interview with Jason West below.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373882/Police-cite-Vernal-man-accused-of-paying-bill-with-2500-pennies.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html

The latest list for the most dangerous cities in the country has been released.

Some on the list might surprise you as well as some cities that are not on the list.

Thanks to Mr. C for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/112804/most-dangerous-cities-247

1.  Flint

2.  Detroit

3.  St. Louis

4.  New Haven

5.  Memphis

6.  Oakland

7.  Little Rock

8.  Baltimore

9.  Rockford

10.  Stockton