Thursday, February 28, 2008

Parking Tix in the News - Update

In reverse chronological order:

Feb. 28, 2008, NY Post:
"Assembly Cool to Conge$tion"
by Kenneth Lovett

PTF: "Some good news for NYC drivers. Hopefully, the New York State Assembly will do the right thing and kill Mayor Mike's stupid congestion tax scam."

Feb. 28, 2008, 1010WINS:
"Yonkers City Council Approves Traffic Cameras"
by Associated Press

PTF: "Watch out! My fellow NY drivers outside NYC. Traffic cameras will be watching your every move. Gov. Spitzer needs your dollars to fill his estimated budget deficit of $384 million. Source: Feb. 11, 2008, 'New York's Budget Deficit Deepens' by Michael Gormley."

Feb. 27, 2008, NY Daily News:
"Says Queens Parking Tickets Bogus"
by Elizabeth Hays, Daily News Staff Writer

PTF: "Mayor Mike and his thugs can't be expected to police themselves properly. When the fox is guarding the hen house, the chickens are in big trouble. And the chickens are us, unfortunately. The assistant manager at my day job last year got a bogus parking ticket. He has NJ plates. Allegedly, he was parked at a 'No Standing' zone. But doesn't recollect ever having parked outside. Or getting a parking ticket. So, it's definitely not only one or only four or only a dozen dirty traffic agents. My guess is that, at least, 50% or more of NYC's traffic agents write bogus tickets some of the time. In order to fill their 'illegeal' ticket quotas."

Mar. 4, 2008, NY Daily News:
"Cops Probe Bogus Parking Tickets"
by Elizabeth Hays, Daily News Staff Writer

PTF: "Reporter Hays follows up on her previous article about bogus Queens parking tix."

Friday, February 15, 2008

Parking Tix in the News - Update

Feb. 12, 2008, Fox 5 News:
"Fox 5 Investigates: Tickets Written Early"

PTF: "The Fox 5 Investigates team caught dirt-bag traffic agents writing tickets before they were supposed to. Apparently, an error in the system. Their digital hand-held scanners are not synchronized with the official U.S. time. Making it easier for them to write bogus tickets that seem to be legit. And almost impossible to beat."

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Parking Tix in the News - Update

Feb. 11, 2008, Fox 5 News:
"Fox 5 Investigates: Red-Light Imposters"

PTF: "Very interesting, very scary story. This woman's NYS plate number, apparently, cloned by another person. (Note: Cloning or car number plate theft is a big problem in the UK.) The other person in a different car with her cloned plate racked up two "red light camera" tickets. The criminal with her cloned plate didn't get in trouble, of course. She did. Because the plate number is hers. Last year I tried to warn people about cloning. This year we'll probably see more stories about it. Criminals running red lights and getting parking tix with someone else's plate number."

Friday, February 8, 2008

Parking Tix in the News - Update

In reverse chronological order:

Feb. 7, 2008, NY Daily News:
"No Skirting Traffic Rules, Judge Tells Blind Patient's Husband"
by Matthew Lysiak, Daily News Staff Writer

PTF: "This judge (actually, an administrative law judge) has got to be on crack. I'm going to start an online petition to have this A-hole fired.

Petition Title: Fire Judge Irwin Strum
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/firejudgeirwinstrum/index.html
Please, sign the petition. Lets stop the madness!

Mayor Mike and his thugs need money so bad, they have to shakedown the sick and the elderly. Stories like this make me wonder. How, the heck, are we, as Americans, different from the Communist Chinese or Iranians or North Koreans? We don't expect there to be any justice in those countries. But don't we expect justice, common sense, compassion in the U.S.A?"

Jan., 10, 2008, NY Daily News:
"Meter Maid Writes 'Em A Cruel Ticket"
by Matthew Lysiak & Tracy Conner, Daily News Writers

PTF: "NYC traffic enforcement agents are the modern equivalents of the tax collectors of the Bible. I can't stand them. Too bad Jesus isn't here to save their souls. I'd put all of them on the express bus to Hell."

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Dirty Judge Can't Read Map

This past Sat., Feb. 2, 2008, in my mailbox, appeared the audio tape of my live hearing with ALJ Joan Giaccio on June 4, 2007, at the Staten Island Payment Center.

I didn't think I'd ever get it. I wrote a letter, mailed postcards, e-mailed, and I even talked to a real person at the NYC Dept. of Fraud (a.k.a. the NYC Dept. of Finance). Plus, I filed a complaint with the NYC Dept. of Investigation. I guess all my hard work eventually paid off.

The audio tape is definitely low quality. Lots of background noise. But I can make myself out and ALJ Giaccio from the tape. Better late and low quality than never and nothing. Next time I'll remember to record with my own equipment. (For sure.)

After some trial and error, I converted the audio tape into one MP3 file, 9.7MB. And put it on the Net. So, anyone can access it. Anyone who has broadband Internet access, of course.

If you don't have the time to listen to the whole hearing, I've summarized ALJ Giaccio's three main points. Her three "reasons" why I was quilty. (Where does Mayor Mike find these A-holes?)

This piece of human garbage tried to convince me that "1 Richmond Terrace" was the whole block. From "1 Richmond Terrace" to "75 Richmond Terrace." So, it didn't matter where exactly my Honda was parked. (What? Am I speaking English? Yo, judge, do you know how to read a map?)

According to former ALJ Haskell Nussbaum, author of Beat That Parking Ticket, the location indicated on the summons must be un-ambiguous. If the location is not clear, the summons must be dismissed.

This "thing" also argued that Google Maps are one year old. Therefore, their maps don't make for good evidence. The Google Maps of "1 Richmond Terrace" and "75 Richomnd Terrace" that I showed her. No good because they're too old. (Again, huh?)

Even if Google Maps are two or five years old. The entrance to the S.I. Ferry and that street, Richmond Terrace, have not physically changed. The Ferry Terminal has changed a lot. But I didn't park inside the Terminal.

To top it all off, ALJ Giaccio told me that the police officers are patrolling the parking lot to "fight crime." So, apparently, I'm a criminal. Because I parked illegally. Parking illegally is the first step to a life of violent crime. (It's a good thing I was caught early in my life of crime. Hopefully, I'll be able to turn my life around. Thank you ALJ Giaccio.)

It's only my opinion that the cops are really filling their ticket quotas. According to ALJ Giaccio, the cops are fighting crime. (How noble. What a load of #$%@ BS!)

To sum up, "1 Richmond Terrace" is the same as "75 Richmond Terrace." The entrance to the S.I. Ferry has moved several times. And I'm a criminal because I refuse to obey parking rules to the letter. (Thank you ALJ Giaccio for educating me. Go to hell! You piece of human trash.)

Below is the link to the MP3 of my live hearing:

http://www.box.net/shared/yxk559t6ok

The page that loads will allow you to either play the MP3 or download it.