Update on ticket for obstructing sweeping on day with no scheduled sweeping

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

So, I posted last month about getting a ticket on Thorndike Street for blocking street sweeping on a day when there is no posted sweeping on the street.
(original post)

Happy to say that, due to informational inquiries by Tom and Rebekah, the issue reached someone with the power, ability and inclination to identify the ticket as wrongly issued and dismiss it, even after the appeal failed.

Thanks for the various suggestions and ideas posted in the original comment thread (and to Tom, for taking an interest). :)

My research prior to the dismissal led me to discover that if you think an appeal has been decided wrongly, your only official choice is to file in the Superior Court in Lowell ($240 filing fee). So I'm doubly grateful.

Comments

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

WOW! Good thing you have friends in high places! Glad it was taken care of.

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Glad it got resolved- raises the question though of why your initial appeal failed.

[xuth.livejournal.com]

So let me get this straight... The appeal for an obviously bogus ticket failed and the only avenue to correct this is to to pay $240 and go to Lowell? How can this be considered even remotely reasonable?

Assuming you win that appeal are you reimbursed for your costs for something like this?

[ellf.livejournal.com]

Kudos to Tom and Rebekah!

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Could you sue for the $240 in small claims court?

[nhradar.livejournal.com]

So, I never had to file, and didn't examine it closely, other than some batted-around conversations with lawyer friends.

The short answer is, "I doubt it." I read the rules as a gift from the legislature to the towns to ease funding burdens. My friends of mine suggested that somewhat more complicated actions would be the only way to recover.