When I moved to Saint Paul in the summer of 2013, I had about 6 months until the tabs on my vehicle expired. Due to the move and address changes, the tabs renewal notice ended up being delivered to the old address, and eventually somehow the tabs were sent there, too. At any rate, time to spare, so I wasn't too worried.
Fast forward a few months. Lo an behold, about 2 hours after my tabs expired, around about 2am, the friendly neighborhood peace officer just happened to be driving by and noticed crime in progress. I wasn't too bothered because hey, I hadn't put the tabs I had purchased onto my truck, and this person was just trying to avoid neighborhood anarchy. Fair enough. I stuck the tabs in place, which were in the house by this time. I forget for a few months, but also eventually pay the fine.
Of course, it hasn't been above 40 below in about 4 months, so the adhesive didn't work all that well. Turns out the FRONT tab fell off this winter (rear tab is still in place). This afternoon another neighborhood peace officer was tackling some serious crime waves in the area and ticketed me again for missing tabs. Because, you know, you couldn't be bothered to check the back of the truck to determine that I was actually paid up, and probably the cold caused the front adhesive to fail. Or maybe someone stole my sticker. Neither of those really happen around here, I'm sure and besides: BANKROLL!
Long story short: $232 in expired tab fees for a $52 tab which I'd already bought before the first ticket.
Now go look at the roads these tab fees are supposed to be maintaining. After the melt the roads are actually worse than the ice ravines were. Welcome to economic decline.
And welcome to the city.
1 comment:
That's some top notch police work right there. Top. Notch.
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