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[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

Nothing says All American City quite like fifty dollar parking tickets for forgetting to put a two cent placard up on the dashboard.

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[kalimba21.livejournal.com]

A few weeks ago I got a $30 ticket at a meter in Magoun square. I had put money in the meter. The ticket said "restricted zone" or something like that. There was a "restricted zone (or whatever the charge was)" sign _behind_ my car. I contested it in writing and was denied, so I paid the $30 extortion charge. What else could I do? Such is the new price of living in our wonderful city. It reminds me of walking through a corrupt town in Mexico in the 80's when a police officer stopped me and demanded payment to cross the town square.