Park in your own driveway in Ohio.....

[Ursa Majoris]

....and get a parking ticket.

[westvirginia]

Typical government. I mean really - if they can tell you what part of your own property you can park your car on then what's to keep them from dictating the placement of the furniture in your house? Ludicrous.

[nuke'em ttg]

 

must have family in the Concrete business

[Savage Beatings]

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (FINK'-by-ner) says he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor. He says the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.

 

The three-term mayor faces a recall vote in November.

 

So, the Mayor of Toledo who is about the face a recall, sends out the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor to try to scrounge up some money by bending people over on their own property. This ought to end well for him.

[AtomicCEO]

I believe people get what they deserve when they break the law.

Edited June 16, 2009 by AtomicCEO

[Cameltosis]

Carty onced proposed a bill to move all of the deaf people to the houses around the airport. Dont question this mans genius.

[Big John]

Carty onced proposed a bill to move all of the deaf people to the houses around the airport. Dont question this mans genius.

Genious of feeling the vibrations instead?

[CaP'N GRuNGe]

Ridiculous....something tells me Chris Henry is line to rack up a few hundred of these though.

[Perchoutofwater]

Hey, the more government we have the better right? I mean it is already to the point you can't adequately defend yourself in court, if you have a business you are pretty much forced to hire and accountant to make sure you don't accidentally get yourself in trouble. Maybe this government growth will provide stimulus after all, as people have to hire more an more professionals just to make sure they aren't breaking any laws.

[Kid Cid]

Does this jack off realize that there is giong to be at least one person that will figure out a way to cost the city FAR, FAR MORE than the $25 collected through this ticket?

[yo mama]

Pffft. Like I needed another reason to look down on Toledo.

[Skilly]

Pffft. Like I needed another reason to look down on Toledo.

[DMD]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...EWS16/906169972

 

Police union president may go to court to halt writing of tickets by other city employees

 

 

 

By IGNAZIO MESSINA

BLADE STAFF WRITER

 

The president of the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association said he may go to court to prevent employees from the city's streets department from writing parking tickets.

 

"This falls under police duty and police are the only ones who can take law enforcement action," said Dan Wagner, the union president.

 

Sue Frederick, commissioner of Streets, Bridges, and Harbor, wrote seven tickets to residents in the 400 and 500 blocks of North Holland-Sylvania Road for parking on gravel-covered surfaces.

The residents complained to the city after receiving the $25 tickets for parking their vehicles on their own driveways.

 

Ms. Frederick did not return telephone calls seeking comment.

 

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Monday said he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges, and Harbor.

 

During a news conference Monday, the mayor refused to answer reporters' questions on whether the crackdown and fines were related to the city's budget crisis.

 

Mr. Finkbeiner said the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.

 

Councilman D. Michael Collins, whose district includes the homes where the tickets were issued, said he would make certain that the homeowners do not have to pay the $25 fine.

 

"I would hope the city would realize this was an exercise in insanity and rescind the tickets," Mr. Collins said. "Those who work for the mayor, it is like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, where those who are all insane flock together."

 

Mr. Collins said Ms. Frederick went on to private property and wrote the tickets without any authority.

 

"The people ticketed would have to pay $50 to appeal a $25 ticket to a board that does not exist," Mr. Collins said.

 

He promised to pay the fines himself if they are not rescinded.

 

Both Mr. Collins and Mr. Wagner said crushed stone surfaces are a type of pavement.

 

"When I would go out to someone's house, I wouldn't even issue a ticket," Mr. Wagner said. "I would say 'if you want to park in this area like on grass, you have to have it paved.'"

 

The city released a statement Monday night that said: "In response to a citizen complaint to the city of Toledo Board of Community Relations, the commissioner of Streets, Bridges, and Harbor responded by going to the location of the complaint to assess whether it was valid or not.

 

"She personally observed that it was a valid complaint. She observed several illegally parked vehicles along the first street she visited," the statement said. "While there, a neighbor asked her to check out his street, which also had a number of illegally parked vehicles. Once she observed they too were illegally parked, she cited them as well."

[Scooby's Hubby]

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