Army vehicles get boot over parking tickets

Army vehicles get boot over parking tickets
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 18:56:41 EST

DALLAS — Several Army recruiters found out Tuesday that they can’t fight Dallas City Hall.

After five of their vehicles were immobilized with metal boots by Dallas city parking services workers, they went to offices of Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and City Manager Mary Suhm. Several city employees told The Dallas Morning News that the soldiers requested meetings, demanded answers and argued they had important places to go.

The city’s response was simple: Pay your parking fines and you’ll get your vehicles.

City records show that the Army owed more than $2,635 in unpaid parking tickets and associated fines on the vehicles.

“I’m sorry they were inconvenienced, but everybody’s got to pay their tickets. If one of our city employees gets a ticket, they pay it, too,” Suhm said.

The parking ticket scofflaws were caught by using a sport utility vehicle-mounted system that identifies the license plates of vehicles with numerous outstanding parking fines.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_recruitertickets_071114/


:rofl:

...its a wonder Bush didn't give them a pardon.