City program helps lower-income folks pay off red-light, speed-camera ticket debt

The deadline to apply for Chicago’s Clear Path Relief pilot program for ticket debt is Dec. 31, 2023. (AP file)

I write in response to the recent editorial about city scofflaws and debtors who need to pay up (“City scofflaws and debtors, it’s time to pony up,” Dec. 7). The editorial points out the city need not pursue minuscule ancient parking ticket debt from those who can least afford it. Yeah, that would be a waste of resources.

But for those with multiple more recent and ever-so-haunting compliance violations (such violations now include red-light and speed-camera violations, in addition to parking violations), right now, before the end of this month, might be a good time to look into paying those off.