Tuesday, August 26, 2008

I'm a Delinquent

When us bloggers met the Mayor a few weeks ago, I tongue in cheek mentioned the parking ticket I received.

I pay it promptly. I wrote out a check, put it and the citation in the envelope and dropped it into the box at the cop shop, 730 Center Street.

Now, I know I paid it, my bank confirms it was cashed before it was due, so WHY DID I JUST RECEIVE A DELINQUENT NOTICE?

So, now I will have to waste more of my time and resources, printing out a copy of the cancelled check, going down to the police station, using up City resources, only to have them tell me something like "Oh, don't worry about it, it happens all the time".

How much is it costing us to print and mail out bogus delinquent notices? It makes me wonder what other administrative nightmares are taking place and how much they are costing us.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

AA haven't you heard, government can always do things more efficiently without any FU's and more efficiently. Just wait until they start administering universal healthcare.

hale-bopp said...

Well, that's it...you just earned a spot on the No Fly list :)

OrbsCorbs said...

Uh, haven't they been having a lot of trouble with parking ticket payment processing? Didn't the city just take back control?

After I finally got offstreet parking, my ticket problems disappeared.

AvengingAngel said...

You guys are killing me. I'll keep the irregulars informed as to my experiences. I printed out a copy of my cancelled check and am headed down to the cop shop tomorrow.

MinnesotaChick said...

Next time (hoping there isn't a next time) send it registered mail.

SER said...

AA...haven't heard back from ya, You in jail?