{"article":{"id":13540,"heading":"Forest Service wasted  $1000's to fine a protester $15","author":"Evan Sisson","created":"2001-12-13 05:38:48","modified":"2001-12-13 13:30:39","last_modified":"Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:30:39","article":"<p>Terry Dahl of Santa Barbara Appeared for sentencing before U.S.  District Court Judge Christina Snyder yesterday for failure to display  an Adventure Pass on his parked car within the Los Padres National  Forest Last year. Judge Snyder imposed no penalty for a guilty verdict from the trial of January 9. Judge Snider instructed Mr Dahl to pay the  $5 fee on the last one of the 11 notices of Non Compliance that he had  received from the Forest Service and pay a court fee of $10. Mr Dahl is  the only person that the Forest Service has successfully prosecuted  within the state of California since the forest fee was first  implemented in 1997 as part of a nation wide test program. The defense  Attorney Mr Gregory Reden has stated that the verdict will be appealed.<\/p>\n","contact":"www.freeourforests.org","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"And so the Forest Service wasted Thousands of dollars to fine a protester $15, that is justice!!!","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/12\/13540.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":13544,"heading":"excellent posting","article":"thanks for the info.\r\n  and just where does all that tax money go when it gets to Washington??? \r\n  Smokey could use some new slippers.","author":"RevereRides","parent_id":13540,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-12-13 13:30:39","modified":"2001-12-13 14:00:01","fileurl":""}]}