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Municipal Surcharge Bureau and the Driver Responsibility Program in Texas

June 3rd, 2011

Ever hear of MSB “A Private Corporation?” Well neither had I, until walking to my mail box this morning. MSB stands for Municipal Surcharge Bureau. MSB is basically a group of outsourced bureaucrats working as collection agents for the Department of Public Safety, and the State of Texas. As best as I can determine, they are currently responsible for the collection of ticket surcharges on infractions such as, driving with an expired license or without a license, driving without insurance, or driving under the influence (DUI). One to three of these infractions entitle the state charge the “Offender” with a surcharge every three years. And by the way, this “Private Corporation” has aspirations far beyond its current collections role. Their website claims the following as their vision: “[To Become the] Receivables Management Solutions for Every Government in: every city, every county, every state.” Reading about these cats makes me reflect on Douglas Adams description of the Vogons in his classic work “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!” “Vogons are described as mindlessly bureaucratic, aggressive, having as much sex appeal as a road accident… They are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy – not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous.” I trust my reader perceives my hostility at this point.

As you may have guessed I recentlyreceived a ticket for driving on an expired license. I wrote about my experience in an article for this site several months ago. http://www.tylertxdirectory.com/8936/getting-pulled-over-in-tyler-texas-again/ First off, I was charged more by the city than I was led to believe I would be by the officer who gave me the ticket. Ok fine I’ll just pay the ticket and be done with it. When I had paid up all my charges, and gotten everything current, I was enormously relieved. One less thing to worry about right? Wrong! A walk to my mail box today dispelled my happy delusion. Turns out, now that I had paid the city, the state wants its kick- back. At first I wasn’t even sure it wasn’t a scam. Well it is a scam but… Upon talking to others who had already encountered this organization, I heard stories of people being fined without their knowledge, ever growing penalties as a result of inadequate notification, and even warrants issued for the arrest of citizens who believed they had paid their tickets!

The Driver Responsibility Program, (sounds nice huh), was put into law in 2003. But the whole “Surcharge” nonsense is just another shameless project to squeeze more revenue out of the citizenry! And what’s worse the rules are so unclear, as to make it a sliding scale. No one really understands the fees, so who can tell if they’re being over charged? So what do we do? I don’t know. I guess we can start by calling our congressman, and trying to make the issue visible enough to find someone willing to vote for repeal. The hard thing is to find a politician willing to divest his office of funds, especially if he or she can collect them in the name of “Driver Responsibility.” I guess for now, I’m out another one hundred four dollars. Enjoy it DPS, but you’d better use it to put gas in an officer’s car or something. God knows that’s where it was going before I sent it to you!

Victorias’s Secret

January 12th, 2010

That pink striped bag can be recognized anywhere. Every mall, including Tyler’s Broadway Square mall, has a Victoria’s secret. The most popular underwear and lingerie store is the hot spot for women across the country.

PINK is a brand name of many items sold at Victoria’s Secret. PINK no only sales bras and panties but they also sale shirts and flannel PJ pants. You can find their brand named sweaters and bright pink sweat pants. PINK has a great selection of everything you need to look sporty, sexy, or even keep warm.

We all know Victoria’s Secret for the lacy sex appeal. There is much more to the store than the lingerie. The store has become populated with hundreds of dress styles, sexy boots and fun shoes, cozy stylish sweaters and must-have adorable pants.

The great selection of bras is perfect for any woman. You can find bras for great support and comfort, but you can also find stylish bras in all different colors and prints. Their great styles vary from push-up, racer-back, wireless, strapless, full-coverage, and even for the new mothers they have nursing bras. T-shirt bras are the best fit for comfort and support. They have all types of T-shirt bras to best fit your body; such as wireless if you need less support, and push-up bra for the extra support. Racer back bras are perfect for those complicated shirts with annoying straps. The racer back has adjustable straps that allows you to adjust to your style. Full coverage bras give great comfort and fit perfectly to your body but still available in many sexy styles.

If you are looking for a sexy bra the Demi-cup bra is the perfect bra to show off what you got and flaunt your sexiest features. If you are looking for that bra for the strapless bra for that hot date tonight, Victoria’s Secret has Secret Style bras that are unseen but still gives support. Secret Style has bras that are backless so that you can show off your back but you can still have comfort.

Visit the website to see all their bra styles and colors. They have many great items on sale, you can sign up on their websites to get e-mails about the sales. You can also go into the store for sales and to be sized and fitted for bras.

For the hot summer days you can shop for the perfect swim wear at Victoria’s Secret. Show off your personality with all the different styles and colors of swimsuits. Show off your body even if you have the insecurity of showing off your stomach, with tankinis and one pieces. Many of the hot brand names are carried on the Victoria’s Secret website; such as, Beach Sexy, The Miracle Bra, Body by Victoria, Vix, Becca, Magicsuit, Very Sexy, BioFit and many more.

Sometimes for the women with “more to love” it can be hard and really frustrating to find your size in a cute style in the store. Online you have more options and it is much easier to find what you are looking for. I recommend that everyone goes into the store to get fitted so that you get the most comfortable fit when you shop in store or on line.

Victoria’s Secret is not the first place that you think about shopping when you are trying to shop for clothing other then underwear. But Victoria’s Secret has a very exciting and beautiful collection of clothing. If you are going to a dinner date, look at the great selection of party dresses. They not only have a great selections for evening dresses, but they have dresses for every occasion. They have all types of sweater dresses for the cold weather and adorable Slim-trim dresses to show off your body.

Look on line and check out the great selection off pants for all different occasions and different body types. A great collection is offered of casual pants, dress pants, leggings, and even workout or yoga pants.

Bring out the best of your fashion taste with their coats, jackets, sweaters, cardigans and sexy wraps. Also find the best tops for your everyday moments, online, with the great selection of tops and tees, shirts and blouses, Tanks, and even hookies and sweatshirts for your everyday running around.

Victoria’s Secret has great perfumes and body care items. They carry many brand names such as, Secret Garden Collection, Beauty Rush, Dream Angel, Sexy Little Thing, Very Sexy Fragrance, VS Makeup, Parfums Intimes, and the most popular; Victoria’s Secret Pink. You can find everything you need for your body and hair care, such as self tanners, bronzers, shampoo, conditioners, and styling products for your hair. They even have a large and sexy selection of Men’s fragrances.

The thing that is made Victoria’s Secret so popular is their great selection of the sexy, lacy lingerie. They have the perfect selections for that special wedding night. Not only will they have a great selection but you will be able to find what you are looking for, that complements your body type. But if comfort is a bigger issue than sex appeal, they have what you need to get a good night sleep.

Check out the website and Tyler store for sales and full selections of each item.