Comments on: Persistance Pays Off In Mistaken Boot Tampering Incident

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:06:11 +0000

Hi all!
Thank you for your support and comments. The story made it all the way to ch 5 last night at the ten o clock news. Everyone worked hard to try and Eli me get the money back. At the end of the day it’s 750.00 back. Frustrating in part that on the city website it says if you are booted but have not received notification. You do not have boot fees etc. the city was sending all notices to my address in the city I haven’t lived at in ten years. They are supposed to contact the secretary of state office to update your info. Amazing that all of the various offices including your ipass are all on different computer systems. It would make to much sense to be on one. Our expired meter was able to tell my full story. Something 90 sec on the news can’t. I appreciate both so much. I couldn’t believe the lack of humanity within the hearing judge and people around the office. Only one kind woman in the dept of rev listened and tried to help before getting pushed down and told I owed more money by her superiors. I get you may not enjoy your job but when you stop listening and lose your ability to care. That’s on you, that’s your problem for sticking in an unhappy job and failing to produce positive influence on the people around you. Some day I promise to drive back down and say thank you to the one woman that listened. I continue to thank the expired meter and robin with NBC news. Thank you for reading, listening and supporting this mom in the burbs!!!
Meg

By: jo

jo — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:18:09 +0000

Not surprising! Stupid government workers, they shouold all be fired. Good luck finding a real job.

By: Earl Toadman

Earl Toadman — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:15:30 +0000

You almost get the feeling that incompetence is designed into the system to make more money. Call me cynical, but when these sorts of clerical “errors” usually result in people just paying instead of fighting, I find it hard to believe that doesn’t incentivize such “errors.” I come back to me standard rule of thumb in such matters, “it’s always somehow even worse than you could have possibly imagined.”

By: The Parking Ticket Geek

The Parking Ticket Geek — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:53:28 +0000

Dio,

Well said.

I believe I could make a strong argument that the city pay the driver a fee when a parking ticket is dismissed. The fee would help offset the wasted time and energy drivers have to go through to prove they didn’t do what the ticket writer is alleging.

I’m sure it would go nowhere, but…

By: dio

dio — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:54:17 +0000

When I make a mistake the city fines me (so I can learn my lesson) and I also pay the costs associated with that mistake. Why doesn’t the city pay for their mistakes? How are going to learn from their mistakes?

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:28:11 +0000

A couple of years ago I was wrongly towed. Armed with photos proving it was wrong, I had a hearing and the hearing officer easily agreed with me. I was suppose to get the tow refund in 2 weeks. It took 6 MONTHS of similar runaround to get my refund.

By: napdaddy

napdaddy — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:26:42 +0000

In Chicago, if your offense generates income, you’re guilty until proven innocent.

By: The Ticket Doctor

The Ticket Doctor — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:15:28 +0000

The Geek never gives up!

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:03:35 +0000

Nice Job Geek!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:21:14 +0000

This woman should be able to sue the city for punitive damages. She spent a lot of time dealing with this crap, and where is Chicago’s incentive to reform if it doesn’t cost them anything to be wrong?