Ohioans ticketed for parking in own driveways

[Krugerrand]

TOLEDO, Ohio – Residents of Toledo, Ohio, are complaining that they received $25 tickets for parking their vehicles in their own driveways.

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (FINK'-by-ner) says he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor. He says the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.

During a news conference Monday, Finkbeiner ignored a reporter's question of whether the crackdown and fines were related to the city's budget crisis.

The three-term mayor faces a recall vote in November. Critics have claimed he's wasted city money.

City Councilman D. Michael Collins calls the ticketing "Mickey Mouse nonsense." He has told residents he'll try to have the citations rescinded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_ohio_driveway_tickets

They need to bump that recall vote up by a few months. The Chief of Police should be readying his resume also.

 

[acptulsa]

So, anyone who can't afford a snazzy driveway was targeted. Yet another incredibly regressive tax targeting the poorer and sparing the richer--and no doubt this regressive tax came from a nice, liberal Democrat...

 

[TonySutton]

I live about an hour east of Toledo and have heard a lot of weird things coming out of there lately. They are another struggling city in the Rust Belt.

 

[acptulsa]

Are they having trouble keeping the potholes fixed yet? Is it time to call it holy Toledo?

 

[robert9712000]

heres the mayors info to contact him

Office of the Mayor
Carty Finkbeiner
One Government Center
Toledo, OH 43604
419.245.1001

[email protected] <[email protected]>

 

[moostraks]

Are they having trouble keeping the potholes fixed yet? Is it time to call it holy Toledo?

Hell...is there a place in Ohio that doesn't have Prius size potholes?

 

[123tim]

Wow.

Here's a newscast about this:
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/national_world&id=6867187

 

[Objectivist]

According to WIKI the Mayor is a dumbocrat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carty_Finkbeiner

If anyone wants to start a email campaign against this, here's the website for Toledo.
http://www.ci.toledo.oh.us/


I sent a letter, everyone join in and point to the US COnstitution and Bill of Rights.

 

[silverhawks]

Time to replace that mayor. He's obviously a bit too "revenue-focused", as opposed to actually not wanting to harrass and rob his constituents during the worst recession in living history.

 

[ceakins]

So let me get this straight, after seeing the video. They trespass to put a ticket on a vehicle. The one guy they interviewed, you would have to open his gate to get to his car, he actually had a large parcel, it would cost a whole lot of money to pave it. These people need to go out right now, and file no trespass orders against these county nazi's with the police.