$100,000 in parking fines

[Agent 86]

A CHICAGO woman is trying to get out of paying a parking fine that has snowballed to $US105,000. The car was left for nearly three years in a parking lot at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Jennifer Fitzgerald filed a lawsuit last year against the city over the $US105,000 worth of tickets that police piled up on her car.
judge dismissed the lawsuit on Wednesday and pressed the parties to try harder to reach a settlement. Ms Fitzgerald says she should not be held responsible for the fine because her ex-boyfriend abandoned the car in an employee parking lot at the airport. She says the car is only worth about $US600.

How many tickets did the police issue, revenue raising anyone?

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A CHICAGO woman is trying to get out of paying a parking fine that has snowballed to $US105,000. The car was left for nearly three years in a parking lot at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Jennifer Fitzgerald filed a lawsuit last year against the city over the $US105,000 worth of tickets that police piled up on her car.
judge dismissed the lawsuit on Wednesday and pressed the parties to try harder to reach a settlement. Ms Fitzgerald says she should not be held responsible for the fine because her ex-boyfriend abandoned the car in an employee parking lot at the airport. She says the car is only worth about $US600.

How many tickets did the police issue, revenue raising anyone?

Not revenue raising, but multiple lack of responsibility. If that airport is like many lots, then parking is a premium. That is why the fines, but to let this go 3 years is a bit much by ALL involved. She should have gotten it or transferred the title. It should have been towed after a month or two, and then sold when not collected, etc. Basically just a bunch of people being stupid.

[warmonger1981]

My buddy works at fedex and a car has been in that lot for 5 years. They plow around it. No one claims to own it that still works there. It still sits.

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So the city can keep track of parking infractions over the course of three years, but can't be bothered to take 10 mins to tow a car to the impound lot.

[notyou2]

My buddy works at fedex and a car has been in that lot for 5 years. They plow around it. No one claims to own it that still works there. It still sits.

If I was the manager there, I would have had it towed after 3 days.