Not that I'm really complaining, because every cloud has its silver lining...
I am getting screwed, but the silver lining is that I can fully realize what I am fighting against, and I am given more information on the whole subject...unfortunately I may have suffered a mild concussion last night, so this its kind of hard to feel motivated to put my thoughts down...but here goes:
I got a ticket for going straight even though I was in the right turn only lane...I felt it was a bullshit ticket, since it goes on all the time, and I think the fact that I was driving a Taxi is what made the cop single me out...But I did do what I was fined for, so the ticket is legit as far as the system goes. I didn't pay it right away. The City of Waltham sent me a letter telling me that I better pay my parking ticket...I had never been to Waltham until the other day when I went to clear up this whole mess...more on that later...
I got a letter from the state listing reasons that my license and/or registration would not be renewed...it listed #1 unpaid ticket for a marked lane violation. and #2 unpaid parking ticket in Waltham.
This spring I went to the Town of Holbrook, went to pay my excise tax(excise means luxury...it is a luxury to own a car to drive around) they said I had an outstanding excise tax from 2002. In 2002, I totalled my truck and bought a new one, so I guess the taxes got mixed up...I payed for one, but not the other. (That's what they tell me, anyway) I asked the clerk "how much do I need to pay you to clear all of this up?" She gave me a number, I wrote a check. At the time, my feelings weren't concentrated on this polluted government, but these feelings have been brewing since I was 18.(18, you know, when the system is forced to recognize you as a taxpayer)
I procrastinated paying my marked lane violation ticket, but I did in fact pay it at the registry a month or two ago when they threatened to suspend my license. I procrastinated in finding out why Waltham had me listed for a parking ticket...I went to the city hall a few days ago to find out the deal...They said I had an outstanding parking ticket for parking in the projects(ghetto) in the middle of the night. I've never been to that town, but if I ever have, I certainly would remember going there in the middle of the night. I figure maybe they just wrote down a license plate wrong, and that's where my name came in. So I ask the guy, and he says they can look into it, and file a request to secure the facts of the situation. Meanwhile, my driver's license is expired. I asked if I could just pay the bullshit ticket and clear it all up...he said I would still have to pay the penalties. He had the nerve to tell me if I payed all the fines, they could still look into it, but I wouldn't receive a refund if they found out that it was a mistake.
Finally(the whole fucking point of all this) I went to the Registry of Motor Vehicles yesterday, and they said I couldn't get my license renewed because I owe the town of Holbrook money for excise tax. Think back(or just scroll up and re-read) I got a letter listing all the reasons why I wouldn't be able to renew my license. The Town of Holbrook was NOT on there. Yet the outstanding bill was from 2002. Plenty of time to notify me. The town of Holbrook can't even do anything about it now...I got to go to the deputy collector in Quincy and convince him that I paid that. or pay it again, plus penalties...or show him the paper that failed to list the Town of Holbrook(which is in my car, which is impounded for driving without a license) More on this later...
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