The program sounded great on paper when Stow City Council started it this summer, said Mayor Karen Fritschel. CRC (Cost Recovery Corporation) promised that the plan would bring in about $95,000 a year to pay for police personnel and equipment, Fritschel said.
But after the first few months, the city halted the program because the total collected - about $3,000 - fell far short of CRC's predictions and city officials learned that most of the money had been paid by the drivers themselves.
… Fritschel said she feels misled by the company and will ask council in September to repeal the ordinance that created the program and refund money collected from drivers.
–Cleveland Plain Dealer, by Leila Atassi, September 5, 2006
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