Parking ticket worth fighting?

[brewso.livejournal.com]

My husband put our valid permit sticker in the old-school location (back driver's side window) instead of the new requirements (front driver's side windshield). I didn't notice since we've been parking on the street with it that way for a month now with no problem. However, today we got a ticket - $50.00, no less! Will they even hear our case, or will they just argue that it's our fault for putting the sticker on wrong? I really don't want to waste my time if it's the latter, even though we technically have a valid permit.

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[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Which is why I've asked about getting intersections marked at the 20 foot line, but the city says it's not worthwhile - which suggests two things to me: they don't care all that much about preventing people from parking in those spots; and they don't want to lose the revenue from ticketing people for it.

Do you know JB? Of GLSE? He asked the same question and has actually mentioned a desire to go around Somerville marking the sidewalks with pain so folks would know where it was ok to park (I don't believe he has gotten around to it, though, busy person that he is). I love the idea and actually saw something in passing the other day that looked like someone had tried to do that somewhere. I don't remember where, but I think it was in Somerville; wish I wasn't in such a hurry to get to where I was going or else I would have walked over to check it out.

My sweetie has mentioned the idea of creating a stealth street sign brigade to go and put up street signs where they are missing. He is another person overwhelmed by the busy, but I like the idea, and marking sidewalks could be added to the intention, so far as I am concerned:)