That "draconian looting system" struck me dino as so over the top for sheer tyrannical gall~this happening Year 2018 in the USA?-~it cried out for me to attempt satire.
Me dino loves satire.

I guess I was also wondering why the woman didn't say "sue me" and take it to court. I am sure the "cracked driveway" ordinance would be proven illegal, and if no ordinance, then no charges. Someone needs to call their bluff.

"Don you know who I am? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
I once heard a pompous fat cat shout that into someone's face in real life during the 70s.
Since then I've heard villains shout that at people in movies. .

Get uppity with your High Lord Mayor Dino Allosaurus Esquire and I shall pull the silly Bride Of Frankenstein lever and blow us all to atoms~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Izq...
Yes, the silly Bride Of Frankenstein lever. Every castle lord and science lab should have one.

Unfortunately, most big cities (and the bedroom communities around them, like Doraville) are dominated by people who have little understanding of the process that creates the high standard of living they have inherited. They will likely continue to squander it and to enslave those who produce it until the producers learn the lesson that it took so long for Hank and Dagny to learn. We need a real Gulch more than ever.

Well, at least they have gotten to the point they are suing the a holes....maybe something good would come of it...

The mid-town area of Atlanta (north of the old "downtown") and Emory Univ area became very expensive due to demand by LGBT's and other (mostly younger) white collar workers who liked city life in spite of the cost and congestion (and the high taxes and poor services that drove many sane people to leave the city. Atlanta has been "managed" like a 3rd world dictatorship since the 70's, imo. Pull has awarded contracts to bro's of the mayors for 40 years. Very similar to DC, and Detroit in that respect.) Those LGBT's who chose not to spend as much on housing but still wanted to be relatively close to the bars and restaurants that welcomed them started moving to Doraville because it was more affordable and still a relatively short drive. Although the homes were not as well built, at least they were SF dwellings with yards. That forced out most of the longer term blue collar residents. At least that is how I see it, having some familiarity with the area in the 70's and 90's.

I am also willing to bet they have one heck of a speed trap going there, too.....

The real issue here is not the fact that a town has laws about aesthetic trivia (though I would love it if that were banned at some level in a constitution or similar document). The real issue is that the town government is getting most of its revenue from fines. Any local government fitting that description is predatory and needs to be overthrown.

It doesn't say that shew as singled out, only that she's the one to take her case to the media.

In my opinion, shady stuff happens in every local government, people are usually ambivalent and disengaged - so they end up with a ridiculously left-leaning government in most cases.

We have a horrible bond measure on the ballot here tomorrow, "Measure E" - $350 million in borrowing for a shit-box local (crappy) community college, dumped on the homeowners of a narrow (slim) pool of the populace it serves - specifically a couple of areas with very high home values (and would rarely send their own kids to that college). The "purpose" is a new science building - but... you could build a 70,000 person football stadium AFTER razing a couple of city blocks and buying real estate in an urban area to build it on for $350 million. If it sounds excessive, it is, it also includes "operating expenses" such as landscaping for about 20-30 years, financing some computers for 50 years, and buried in "Appendix B, Subpart 32" - cash to build a new 4 year campus on some "donated land" owned by a politically dominant regional developer. The sponsors and donors are unions, developers, architects, etc.. It's as mobbed-up as it gets.