On January 13, 2009 I was given a ticket outside of my house, while I had my parking permit displayed. I was supposed to pay $40 to the City or come into the Courthouse to set a Court Date so I could come back in and contest my ticket. I could only go in between 9-3 Monday-Friday. Naturally, I was a bit troubled since I didn't want to use time off of work to fix something that shouldn't have happened. However, when I called the ticket office, for two weeks I never got a call back.
So, I decided to make a fuss. I just wanted someone to tell me I was out of luck or totally not responsible for paying. No one was responding. I e-mailed the County Board, the local newspapers, the local TV stations, the Treasurer and the Police. I heard back the very next day. Surprise surprise. After speaking with two different City Sergeants my ticket was dismissed and I was a happy camper.
My Letter to the Editor was published and a few days later I received a call from the Treasurer saying I slandered his name... (never used his name and only said his Office was unresponsive). So weird. SO WEIRD. I wrote a thank you note to the paper, thanking the officers and mentioning the phone call.
Lesson from all of this: never give up. Make a fuss if you need to but know that some people are going to make a fuss back! Oh well. I won!!
2 comments:
that is AWESOME! good for you!
Very cool. (Weird that the Treasurer called you though).
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