Aaron Rudnicki said:
General Malaise said:
Did I ever finish my parki g ticket story? Strange and sort of happy ending, like a massage from a Thai ladyboy.
I don't think so
And now it seems like he won't ever.
Well, it's the damndest thing. Quick recap.
- Jan. 2014, I get a parking ticket on a Sunday with my family. I paid for parking, but the ticket was for placing the parking receipt in the wrong window. Ticket was for $39.
- In my typical adolescent, temper-tantrum centric behavior, I wrote a check for $39, but included a sketch of my middle finger, told the court that I had paid for parking, told them to go to hell and wrote "prison rape" on the memo line of the check. I might or might not have put a booger somewhere on the check, which I might or might not have circled with a message saying "this is a booger".
- Check for $39 is cashed. It's reconciled.
- About a year later, I get a letter from the court saying the Judge reviewed my letter, found me guilty and was increasing my fine to $139. If I wanted to talk to the judge in person and find out why he did what I did, I could set up a court date. Pass.
- I hemmed and hawed, did some research on the Judge, learned he has a history of doing this, had some articles written about him, saw some law professor or some such say this was unconstitutional and decided to file this letter in the recycling bin.
- About a month later, I get a letter from the State of Oregon saying I now owe $150 to the court and will face serious business consequences if I didn't pay.
- I gave up the ghost and paid. They got me by the balls. Check for $150 sent to the state, no middle finger, no boogers, no curse words.
- Two weeks later I get a refund check from the division of parking for $90.
Weird.