This is totally off topic; but here goes. Yesterday I received a "Notice of Deliquent Parking Violation". Since I have not received a parking ticket in several years, I just figured someone made a mistake.

Wrong... I looked at the date and time and was able to figure out what happened. Three weeks ago, on my daughter's birthday, I drove to her office to take her out to lunch. She always meets me on the side street in front of her bldg....and we drive off. Since there were no parking spaces on the street, I pulled over to a red zone in front of her bldg. so that she could jump in the car. I never parked or turned off the engine. We saw the parking enforcement guy on the other side of the street as we drove off...and he waved to us. He knows us because I meet her there frequently.

I just called the City Parking Dept. and asked them if this is legal. The person I spoke to said I violated the law by stopping the car even for 20 seconds for my daughter to safely enter the car. But, I asked, doesn't the parking enforcement guy have to ticket my car? She didn't answer that question...but just kept telling me that I broke the law!

I will contest this ticket, but we are all in trouble if this sort of thing can happen. I saw the parking enforcement guy...and he didn't have his pad out or any such thing. He just waved at us. The fine is $70. In my mind, this is just another way for the corrupt City of Los Angeles to pay for the millions of illegals here! (Mod Edit)

The ironic thing is that there were dozens of day laborers standing on the next corner....but NO ONE does a thing about them!

Thanks for letting me vent!