Can't think of a better place to ask this question - parking tickets

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have any experience with paying a parking ticket in person at the parking office in Davis Square with say $50 worth of quarters?    (unrolled)   I'm not quite mean enough to show up with $50 worth of pennies (and really don't want to spend the time sitting there while they are counted), but I want to make a statement.  I'll all honesty, I'd pay by credit card if Somerville didn't charge an extra fee (Boston doesn't).    Yes, I could mail in a check but there is no satisfaction in that.     Parking enforcement in Somerville has jumped the shark and it is time for some civil disobedience.  

Comments

[i-custard.livejournal.com]

That 'statement' will only serve to frustrate the person behind the counter who is just doing a job in this bad economy and probably has nothing to do with you getting a ticket. Trust, they will not pass on the 'statement' to the magic parking gods.

Please do like someone else said and use the extra time you'd have lost by writing a letter, or come up with some other way to protest whatever you think is unfair about Somerville parking. I'm pretty sure that if you decide to do this annoying act, it will annoy everyone around you and probably yourself as well when you realize it is not as satisfying as it sounds.

Did you get the ticket for something you did wrong (were there signs posted and you disobeyed them?) or was it in your eyes a wrongful ticket? If it is wrongful, appeal it. If it's not, pay your fee in an adult way and work positively in some way to get the laws changed if you do not like them.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

As I said already, I'm not a Somerville resident and the Mayor et. al. don't care what I think.

I fell afoul of interpreting the "resident parking restrictions not enforced for SOS". Like people might just want to go out to dinner after SOS or not leave exactly at 6 PM.

In any case, charging $50 for a resident parking violation and $25 for a meter violation leads me to believe that Somerville Parking really does have it's head on backwards. If you just cared about revenue, you would charge more for meter violations.