Region Broad

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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Can’t escape City Hall

So much for trying to wait for amnesty: Today, I got this letter from a big fancy law firm in Chicago letting me know that it was sending me a Notice of Registered Judgement about the scads of parking tickets I accrued while working downtown, and that it could garnish my wages or put liens on my assets (yeah, WHAT assests, I'd like to know. If they find some, they can have them, because I'm sure not aware of them) or whatever. I called the attorney who sent the letter and told him that no, I really don't want to welch on my responsibilities but a) I'm a free-lance reporter, and b) I got nothing, what can we do, here? And the guy, who was actually pretty cool, established a payment schedule for me: $300 down by Aug. 1 and $161-ish for the next 36 months. (Um, yeeeeaaaaaaaah, it was a LOT of tickets.) It's a lot of money, but what else can I do, right?

Which brings me to my next point: There IS one I can do, and that's advertising. So as much as I hate marring the look, Chez Broad's going to hopefully get some tasteful advertising soon. Hey, but all the cool kids are doing it, right? Right!?!?

Ok, maybe that DOES make me a sellout. ~~But at least I'm not fucking Mike Ditka. For the love of Christ ...~~ (Oh. wait. He's not running for Senator of Illinois after all. Crap.)

Posted by Broad • Normal bitching •

Dika is a joke. Might as well run a monkey. Obama is gonna get it, for good or ill.

Posted by og on 07/15 at 12:47 AM

Oh, totally. But I was HOPING saner heads would prevail over Ditka. I mean, I like the man, but that’s like putting Bobby Knight in office. There are just some things you just. don’t. DO.

Posted by Michelle on 07/15 at 01:30 AM

Now, you can’t disagree that it would be fun to WATCH dika try to be a government official. It would be a lot like watching a monkey trying to f*** a football. And, it isn’t as if Illinois politics are exactly “normal”

Posted by og on 07/15 at 10:15 AM

Holy shit. That is a LOT of parking tickets. And advertise AWAY!

Posted by Zoot on 07/15 at 01:16 PM

Wow, I must say I’m actually pretty impressed by that parking ticket total. Something for me to strive for.

And I say go with the ads...make a little cash off the whole deal. You’ve got one of the best looking sites out there anyway, an ad or two won’t take much away from that.

Posted by Kerry on 07/15 at 01:29 PM

And you know what’s especially sad about it? The total is actually tripled from the real amount, because these happened three years ago (!). As my cousin the attorney said to me last night, “You know, the best thing to do in situations like that is to just ignore them, because they’ll eventually go away. Moron.” (Well, he didn’t actually say the “moron” part, but knowing Bob, he was thinking it. And I of course agreed with him, because, well, there are a few times when I could’ve paid it off or at least down but didn’t.

But thanks about the site, though. I mean, I’m certainly not going to choose stuff that’s too ostentatious. I just want a little extra cash to pay ONE of my crazy bills.

Posted by Michelle on 07/15 at 04:08 PM

That is...impressive. Holy schmoly!!

Posted by mac on 07/15 at 04:28 PM

I think that sucks that they gave you all those parking tickets, and I bet you was in no ones way! I think if you are in no ones way they should leave you alone, unless you blocked in a police car, did you?

I know I’m not suppose to curse because my mom gets mad, but the person giving tickets is an asshole! Hope my mom doesn’t read this!

Have a nice weekend, Michelle!

Posted by Rockchild on 07/16 at 02:57 AM

I just had to arrange a payment plan myself on a bill I ignored for 3 years. I have another that I thought I dealt with, but it has come back to haunt me. Not looking forward to dealing with that. I think I’m going to sue them, though. I think I’d win.

Anyways...let me know how the advertising thing goes. May need it to pay bills soon.

Posted by Myllissa on 07/16 at 03:01 PM

lmao.... the courts sent my check back when i refused to pay the delinquent amount of my speeding ticket....bastids.

Posted by TIMMY! on 07/16 at 11:19 PM

OH. MY. GOD.

I just had to pay $800 for overdue parking tickets. You seem to have quite a few more than me, but still.

I FEEL YOUR PAIN. Bigtime.

Posted by Kim on 07/20 at 03:31 PM

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