{"article":{"id":246859,"heading":"Bullying by City of West Hollywood","author":"Amanda F","created":"2011-07-08 16:53:40","modified":"2013-11-11 01:06:28","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:06:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>July 7, 2011 <br><br>  <br><br> \tWhen has the City of West Hollywood parking gone to far?  I received a ticket for parking in a residential area without a permit back in March of 2011.  The ticket had $5 printed on it.  Granted, the ticket was wet and I had to let it dry off (it was raining heavily that night).  I checked the ticket carefully to make sure it was correct.  The ticket stated that I had a certain date to pay it and it would go up to over a hundred dollars.  I promptly paid it and forgot all about it.  A couple of weeks later I received a letter from the City of West Hollywood that stated that I still owed $50.  I was not sure why but figured they had made a mistake.  Being new to the area, I didn&rsquo;t want any problems so  I paid the $50 with a second ticket I had received two blocks away when my meter expired.  After approximately three weeks, I received another ticket stating that I had not paid them and the balance on the ticket had gone up.  I promptly called them and stated I had paid them and had proof.  After talking to representative, I learned I had paid the City of Los Angeles.  He told me I had to get a letter from the City of Los Angeles manager explaining that I had over paid them.  I called the City of Los Angeles and was told I would receive a refund but could not obtain letter from manager.  I called the City of West Hollywood and explained the situation.  I requested this time to speak to a supervisor and was put on hold.  The representative came back on the phone and I was denied speaking to supervisor.  I wrote out a letter to City of West Hollywood with copy of check.  I went down and filed a Contest. I asked to speak with a supervisor and was denied.  At the time, I chose to pay the $50 balance hoping it would end.   I then receive a letter from City of West Hollywood stating they needed copies of all cancelled checks.  I got cancelled checks from bank and went down and submitted.  I spoke to a representative less than two weeks ago and was told my contest was still being reviewed.  I called today and was told the city has placed another late fee (on top of the previous late fee) and that my claim had been denied (yet, I was NOT sent a letter of notification on their ruling).  The City is now using scare tactics threatening to ruin my  credit history and send me to collections unless I pay.  I legally paid the initial fine and paid an extra $50 which I was NOT responsible for.  Again I ask, when has the city gone to far? <br><br>  <br>  <br> Amanda  <br>  <br> Hollywood, CA. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The City of West Hollywood not taking responsibility for their mistake","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/07\/246859.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}