Salt Lake City parking fines down $1.2M for year, with 40,000 fewer tickets written. The pizza-for-parking scheme is mostly to blame.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo)
Salt Lake City revenues from parking tickets are way down and officials say one reason is the lack of staff after firings of ticket-writers involved in a pizza-for-parking scheme discovered last year. This photo is from March 3, 2015.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake City revenues from parking tickets are way down and officials say one reason is the lack of staff after firings of ticket-writers involved in a pizza-for-parking scheme discovered last year. This photo is from March 3, 2015.

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