‘Boston Fines Woman, 76, $200 for Not Shoveling Snow’ (2017)

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Ain’t government grand? They won’t protect us from criminals, but Heaven help you if you don’t shovel off your sidewalk.

Boston Fines Woman, 76, $200 for not Shoveling Snow

The facts that this woman was 76, on a fixed income, and the snow froze into ice before she could finish the job, counted for just plain nothing: the almighty city government was going to throw the book at her.

The people we allow to rule us–!