> Once a wise-ass kid managed to turn an $8 equipment violation into a > $3500 PILE of citations....
She lives in Sierra Madre, CA (Pasadena). I live in Pittsford, NY (Rochester). I was in a rental car, and never received any citation IDing me. They have no recourse realistic as I only go to SoCal once every 6 months, and usually do not stay overnight in my daughter's place. I figured I could "get away with it" re: the local PD taking their vengeance out on me under the cloak. Lynda (wife) was very concerned I would be arrested for some petty issue and hauled off to the pokey house forever. Okay, here is a block on my shoulder. Let's play. I can far better afford Legal Counsel than they can afford to harass me and get bad press for it (very small city, 1 full time PD officer, one part time, one clerk). It was important for me to make a point, so I played it out. Had the manual demand draft angle not worked out I planned to hire a courier to go to the PD, where they accept payments in person, and drop off 3,501 pennies, unrolled, and wait for a receipt. A recount would have been necessary, of course, unless they missed the count by one penny. Luckily it never got that far, but that would have been funny as hell. I was really torqued. Can you tell? Normally I am beyond reasonable when it comes to being a law abiding citizen. I resent, however, any person or institution playing "We got you now, you little bastard!" with me or other regular folks. So, I took my best shot at being at least equally reasonable as Sierra Madre with their little parking technicality. It was apparent they wanted their $35 out of me. Fine, take it, but pay your bank what it costs to get it. Not my problem if it costs y'all $50 or more to get it! heh-heh... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Jarvis > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 5:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Checks reordering > > > mrgmhale wrote: > > 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... > > > > Gil > > > > Not that I don't think you weren't 100% in the Right, but I think you > got sorta lucky... > > Back in my city patrolman days if you'd done something like that, I'm > sure my Chief would have us circling your block waiting for you to move > and cite you for whatever we could pin on you... > > Once a wise-ass kid managed to turn an $8 equipment violation into a > $3500 PILE of citations.... > > Ah, those were the days.... <g> > > mj > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
