mrgmhale wrote: > Two years ago I received a parking ticket from Sierra MAdre, CA, where there > was no sign on my daughter's street advising of no overnight parking. Turns > out the streets leading into the city have that little ordinance on them, > and of course posted in an area where I could not have seen them clearly and > in some cases where it is not safe/legal to stop (busy intersections). So > after arguing the point with the local police and court hearing officer to > no avail, I wrote a manual demand draft made out to the City Of Sierra > Madre. Of course they initially refused to accept the document, and sent it > back to me all marked up with "VOID", with a note that they can't accept a > manual check like that. So, I sent a new copy to them with both California > and Federal Commerce Legislation documents attached showing what constitutes > a legal form of payment with a demand draft, and advised my manual demand > draft qualified. Further, if they refused to accept my legal form of > payment I could decline to pay in any other form as they would have > forfeited their opportunity to collect their precious $35 fine. The idits > processed it, and it cost them more to process it than it yielded them! > Amazing. So, I got my pound of flesh for them being unfair in how they post > their parking ordinances even if it did cost me $35 in the end. Perverse > sense of justice, no? heh-heh... > ROFLMAO!!!! Oh the justice!
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