Dave Altimari
Investigative Reporter at The CT Mirror
Investigative reporter at CT Mirror. Baltimore Orioles and horse racing fan.
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2 weeks ago |
courant.com | Dave Altimari |Ginny Monk
This year, the head of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed. Under that law, if vehicle owners don’t reclaim their towed cars or can’t afford the fees, towing companies can sell them, but they are required to hold onto the proceeds for a year so the vehicle owner can claim the money.
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1 month ago |
propublica.org | Corey Johnson |Byard Duncan |Ginny Monk |Dave Altimari
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The Connecticut legislature is working to overhaul the state's towing laws to protect consumers and lengthen the time before a towed vehicle can be sold.
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1 month ago |
courant.com | Dave Altimari |Ginny Monk
The silver Jeep Wrangler that showed up at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles inspection station was missing all four of its wheels. Gone, too, were its doors. “Vehicle is absolutely stripped,” the Connecticut towing company wrote to the state DMV. That was why it was only worth $1,000, the company said on an official form that took advantage of a state law allowing it to sell vehicles it had towed.
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1 month ago |
propublica.org | Byard Duncan |Ryan Gabrielson |Lucas Waldron |Dave Altimari
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Connecticut Mirror. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. For years, a towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to an internal DMV report.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Dave Altimari |Ginny Monk
CT’s colleges and universities need more state supportGov. Ned Lamont’s budget address on February 5 had much in it to be admired. He talked about investments in affordable housing geared toward walking …
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Our latest story in our town project with ProPublica. Love the graphic on this one. In a rare admission DMV Commissioner Tony Guerrera acknowledges his agency has never set up a system to track what happens to the money once somen;s car is sold. https://t.co/gr2ViUb8mh
Can’t remember last time I was on Yale’s campus probably the Annie Le murder little lighter today speaking with a class at the Yale Law School about our towing series. https://t.co/nx0BGjCMc2
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