Los Angeles Parking Violations Bureau FRAUD Broke the law as far as I am concerned Ripoff! Los Angeles California

Tim,

Put the word "parking" in the search field and read what the goons (or Donkeys as Richard in Mission Hills calls them) of the LAPVB are really up to.

I gauruntee you that somewhere on those many tickets was your notification that, if the tickets were paid late, that there would be extra fines.

It sounds like you and your brother have decided that the law should not apply to you and that you should be able to freely violate parking ordinances.

If you feel that the parking restrictions are interfering with your business, take it up with the appropriate agency and see if you can get them changed or get a special permit. Otherwise, you knowingly break the law, you're going to pay the price.

As for the exhorbitant fines, think about this: if the cost of paying a parking fine was not significantly higher than the cost of legitimate parking, nobody would pay any attention to the parking restrictions because it would be better for them to pay the fines than to deal with legitimate parking. The fines are high because they have to be. And, possibly, because politicians pandering to conservative voters reduced taxes in certain areas and had to compensate for the lost revenue somehow.