El Picador received a most unpleasant surprise in the mail recently----a photo allegedly showing El Picador's vehicle executing a right turn on a red light at Menaul and San Mateo without stopping for the requisite time, and politely demanding that El Picador remit the outrageous sum of $100 in recompense for this outrage against the citizenry of Albuquerque.
Further, El Picador was advised that he is guilty until proven innocent, and that if he is foolish enough to waste his time by contesting the citation, he will be judged not by an independent member of the judicial branch of government, but by an employee of the very same entity that issued the citation and stands to gain financially from a guilty verdict! (And El Picador does recall that this administrator's predecessor left the post after being chided by his superiors for letting too many scofflaws off the hook).
An unconstitutional outrage! El Picador may try to fight this, and is considering the purchase of some of that "photostop" stuff to confound big brother the next time. But better yet, El Picador is planning a boycott of Albuquerque. Here's how it would work:
Whenever possible, buy only in Rio Rancho, Los Ranchos de Albuqerque, the unincorporated areas of Bernalillo county, or on line---all bastions of democracy--- so as to deprive Marty and his greedy friends of gross receipts revenue. And since El Picador is in the midst of some big ticket purchases, Marty will be smarting plenty! Further, El Picador will visit select merchants in Albuquerque to inform that they will no longer be getting his business because of the tyrannical actions of the city administration. The boycott would end when the city goes back to the old, honest method of having real live cops give out tickets and junks Huxley-esque big eye cameras.
Who will join El Picador?
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El Picador is uninformed. Don't waste your money on that "photoshop" stuff -- unless you can hack into the computer system that supports these cameras you're wasting your time. None of that stuff will defeat the video cameras that work alongside the still cameras.
As for your boycott of Albuquerque -- go ahead, but make sure that in your extra long drives across town you obey traffic laws -- the repeat offense fines double.
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