Update: Instead of getting back to me with a date for a new hearing after they messed up by scheduling an extra 100 people on the original day set for the hearing, they got back to me with a charge that I had not responded to the ticket and increasing the fine. It really does look like pure EXTORTION.
Ann On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Ann Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a trash citation some years back. I received it 6 MONTHS after the > date of the > alleged violation. I did not deserve the citation, but I could not figure > out how to contest it. > How can you prove what conditions were like 6 months previously. I paid it. > > Last summer I got a ticket for high weeds and ivy obstructing the > sidewalk. No such > conditions were in front of my place. They were abundantly present on a > neighbor's > section of the sidewalk. Did the person (name was not legible) just write > down the wrong house number? > > This time around I decided to contest. The hearing was finally scheduled > on Nov. 25. > I went to the assigned area in the old Land Title Bldg. The waiting rooms > were packed. > After I had been seated a while, one of the clerks mentioned to us that the > computer > had by error (error? I wonder!) assigned an extra 100 people for hearings > that morning. It > seemed obvious that I would be waiting many long hours to get my hearing. > I asked > if I could reschedule, and I was told they would get back to me with a new > hearing > date. When? Who knows. > > One has the impression that the system is set up to wear people down so > that, > even if the fine is undeserved, they pay it just to stop the hassles. > > No office that I have contacted has been able to help me, even though the > fine was > clearly not warranted by conditions on my section of the sidewalk. I have > photos > and witnesses to back up my defense and to show that the conditions were in > front of a neighboring house. > > When these things happen, moving to a community where city offices are set > up > to help rather than harass the local citizens looks appealing! > > Ann > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:39 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, All, >> >> On this past Tuesday, the day before our trash was collected, a trash >> violation ticket was issued to my property at 8:45 am, stating that cans >> were on the sidewalk. There was nothing out there then, nor was there >> any trash on the sidewalk for any neighboring properties. I put my trash >> out after 9 pm that evening. I plan to contest this ticket. >> >> Has anyone else received any undeserved trash violation tickets >> recently? Did you contest it? What happened? >> >> I wonder if someone has to meet some ticket quota and writes tickets >> for properties chosen at random. What do you think? >> >> Fran >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in >> one place. Try it >> now<http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010> >> . >> > >
