Detroit spends more money issuing parking fines than it collects from them

Detroit spends more money issuing parking fines than it collects from them:

 "The city is paying $32 to issue and process a $30 parking violation, and it hasn’t adjusted rates since 2001. On top of that, about half of Detroit’s 3,404 parking meters are not operating properly at any given time, says [Emergency Manager Kevyn] Orr’s spokesman, Bill Nowling."