HardcoreHarry
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Can you believe the City of Corpus Christi...
12/22/2006 5:32:30 PM
is making me go to court for ...get this: PARKING IN A HANDICAPPED SPOT!
I took the ticket downtown early this month and pointed out the OBVIOUS to them. I figured they would do the math and figure it out for themselves.
=sigh=
So I hit my head on the mirror getting out of my wife’s new car while parked at Barnes and Noble and did not notice the handicapped placard had fallen down. (The Suzuki SL7 isn’t as easy to get in and out of as my pickup). Um...the car is even outfitted with hand controls for goodness sake!
Doesn't the city have anything better to do than pursue me on this? I consider this a flagrant waste of my taxpayer dollars.
This is just plain stupid.
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curmudgeon
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This sounds like a story . . .
12/22/2006 6:14:28 PM
. . . for Channel 10 News. I would give all three local newsrooms a call a see which one showed up first. After it hits the airwaves they will handle your citation like a warm turd.
If this doesn''t work just plead not guilty and ask for a jury trial. I will involve you goin'' to court but the outcome will be in your favor.
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Re: This sounds like a story . . .
12/22/2006 6:26:42 PM
Yeah it is a matter of principle for me. If they want to cite me for failure to display because the placard fell down that is one thing. But, pursuing this even after I showed up in person is plain stupid.
I can''t tell you how many times I have been in that very Barnes and Noble parking lot wishing they would issue citations for customers abusing these very spaces.
=chuckle=
That they issued one to me just plain sucks donkey balls.
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Re: Re: This sounds like a story . . .
12/22/2006 6:37:50 PM
I never understood why they don''t have a sticker instead of a placard.
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Re: Re: Re: This sounds like a story . . .
12/22/2006 6:53:21 PM
They used to have one ya put on your plates but retard thieves were always cutting them off and ""extended"" family members were using spaces when no one disabled was in the vehicle.
I used to get both updated at the same time when I got my Purple Heart plates renewed. It was really streamlined and simple then.
NOW, you have to go to any city municipality who issues them and get a doctor to sign off that yes indeed you don’t have any legs sir and no the prospects of them growing back are grim.
The local doc in Port A wanted to charge me 25 dollars to sign this piece of paper. I told him he had a lot of cheek charging me for his signature for a disabled placard and left. I went to the naval hospital in Corpus and corralled the first Chief Petty Officer I could find and he got-er-done. Thus proving the following maxim: If you want a job done in the military ask an NCO. God bless each and every one of them sonsabitches cause they are the heart and soul of this country''s defense!
My placard is due to expire in April. Guess I will have to find me another CPO to work his/her magic.
LOL
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Can''t say . . .
12/22/2006 7:09:17 PM
. . . that I disagree with them issuing a citation to your car. It really pisses me off when folks who are obviously not handicapped park in handicaped parkin'' spaces even if they have a sticker. The stupid part is not immediately dismissing the ticket when you appeared in person. Just goes to show that you can be a bureaucrat with a two digit I.Q.
In Texas parking violation are criminal offenses, Class C misdemeanors. You have the same rights as if you had been charged with murder, i.e, the right to a trial by jury if you request. I would love to see that trial. You do need to know how the system works. While I ain''t a lawyer, I did play one on T.V., well not really but I was a bail bondsman and sat through many courtroom dramas.
I would start by calling the city court administrator and explaining the circumstances. If that didn''t work I would call the mayor. Politics works in strange ways. If that fails, you have a court date. At that appearance they will ask you to plead to the charge. Normally everyone just pleads guilty and pays up. If you plead not guilty, they will set a court date. At that time you can request a jury trial. If you request a jury trial they will give you a funny look, go back and find one of the city attournies and try to ""work somethin'' out"", in other words, dismiss the ticket. No city procesutor with an I.Q. above room temperature will go before a jury against a veteran with a Purple Heart and a wheel chair.
bigo
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Re: Can you believe the City of Corpus Christi...
12/22/2006 7:18:58 PM
I can''t believe that dick-head doctor in Port A.
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