Shame on City Councilor Michael Ross for using his office to get about $1,000 in parking tickets dismissed. Ross, who represents Beacon Hill, the Back Bay and the Fenway, now has to pay the State Ethics Commission a fine of $2,000 in addition to the $1,000 in parking fines. Crime doesn't pay, boys and girls. (Well, sometimes it does pay: There are another 70 tickets that were waived and that Ross doesn't have to pay back because he was on "official business." I'm sure that standard is applied quite liberally.)Does every politician get corrupted? Is everyone in public office taking maximum advantage of the perks of their jobs? Sometimes it's hard not to think so.
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