Chicago DUI lawyer says maybe you won't get your driver's license suspended after all

This Chicago DUI lawyer knows these are dire economic times. It comes as no surprise to me that a number of people can't pay off their parking tickets. One of the problems with this is that racking up parking tickets not only subjects the owner of the vehicle to the boot but also to a suspension of their driving privileges. I've posted here , here, and here on suspended licenses and how being charged with a DUI while having a suspended license is grounds for a felony charge. Now there is a challenge to the City's ability to suspend driver's licenses based on unpaid parking tickets.

August 20, Chicago, Il

A citizens' advocacy group sued Chicago on Wednesday in an attempt to have a court declare the city's deal to lease parking meters to a private company "illegal and void."

The suit, filed by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, claims the city did not have authority to lease its streets for an "excessive period" and that the city can't pay police to enforce parking violations for a private company. It also says the city can't ask the Illinois secretary of state to suspend driving privileges for failure to pay tickets issued at private meters.

I guess they have point. Your tax dollars being used, through City parking enforcement employees, to fill the coffers of a private company. Then asking the government to suspend your driving privleges if you don't pay the money to the private company. Some how I don't think this came up before the alderman voted on the parking meter lease.