To the Editor:
The following letter was addressed to the mayor and City Council.
As much as I enjoy patronizing downtown Alexandria, I will never again spend my money or plan any events in the city. I have absolutely had it with the oppressive parking ticket racket. There is no recourse against unfair tickets. Your city's ticketing system is especially hard on the working class, and any who can least afford to pay them.
I recently attended your boat parade on Dec. 5, where I had dinner and drinks with a group, and returned to find two parking tickets. Neither of these tickets would hold up were I to defend myself in court, but not all of us are able to leave work for half the day to do so. So I will be working six extra hours overtime this week to pay for these tickets — time better spent on my graduate studies or volunteering on behalf of your non-millionaire residents.
As long as your city is anti-visitor, I will keep my business in the 'burbs, and encourage my friends to do the same.
In your debt (literally),
Travis Dennis
Falls Church