SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2004
From what Melissa related, she and her boyfriend were bamboozled not once, but THREE times, by the wiles and guiles of City of Los Angeles parking enforcement which we have come to know so well.
The Los Angeles PVB (Affiliated Computer Services) MAY not have been in compliance with California law in Melissa's case, but more information is needed. Melissa, could you reply to the following questions? (How strange that we live in the same city.)
(1) What was the date of the ticket (the day your boyfriend went to Venice Beach and was falsely accused of "feeding the meter" beyond 60 minutes)?
(2) What is the date of the FIRST check that you mailed to the City of Los Angeles?
(3) Do you still have BOTH the first and the second cancelled checks you sent to Los Angeles?
(4) Do you still have the FIRST notice you received from the City of Los Angeles Parking Violations Bureau? If so, what does it say is/was owed for the ticket?
Disregarding the wrongfully issued uncontested ticket (so what else is new in Los Angeles?), there's a possibility Melissa MAY be due a refund or partial refund from the City of Los Angeles.
It wouldn't be much, but when one considers all of the Melissas out there who have been ripped-off by the City of Los Angeles, the amount of dollars going into both the coffers of the City of Los Angeles and its percentage-driven privately contracted company is substantial.