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The Bethlehem Parking Authority has proposed raising most parking tickets from $10 to $25, a decision that will ultimately be up to city council. Authority board Chairman Joe Hoffmeier said the $10 fine is too low to deter many people from parking illegally. "If it's $10, people are just paying it," he said. "We'd rather have people pay the meters." The parking authority in 2012 gave out 40,283 tickets for meter violations and in 2013 gave out 33,410 meter violation tickets, authority Executive Director Kevin Livingston said. With only 1,300 meters citywide, that high number of tickets shows there are a lot of people not paying the meters, he said. Click here to read the full article.