City of Pendergrass tops in NE Ga for traffic fine revenue

The city of Pendergrass has collected the most traffic fine revenue and seized assets-per-resident in the northeast Georgia region for the second straight year. The Athens Banner-Herald details a report that shows the Pendergrass police department took-in nearly 560-thousand dollars in 2006, for a town of 491 residents. The monetary amount more than covers the department budget of 312-thousand dollars. Next in the rankings—the Arcade police department, followed by the Madison County Sheriff’s office, and the Jefferson police department, ranking 4th. The data comes from a report complied by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.