Ohioans ticketed for parking in own driveways

[GaryC 7]

Ohioans ticketed for parking in own driveways

TOLEDO, Ohio – Residents of Toledo, Ohio, are complaining that they received $25 tickets for parking their vehicles in their own driveways.

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (FINK'-by-ner) says he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor. He says the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.

During a news conference Monday, Finkbeiner ignored a reporter's question of whether the crackdown and fines were related to the city's budget crisis.

The three-term mayor faces a recall vote in November. Critics have claimed he's wasted city money.

City Councilman D. Michael Collins calls the ticketing "Mickey Mouse nonsense." He has told residents he'll try to have the citations rescinded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_...riveway_tickets

[pedroh 21]

LOL.. Play the mayor off, keyboard cat!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Wow - sounds like someone is so getting desperate that they're willing to dig up obscure by-laws to rake in extra cash.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

That is exactly what they are doing here in Ohio - digging out old laws to try to get money.

Ohio had it's bond status downgraded, so they are getting desperate.

Next thing they will do is to tax people growing gardens (on property that isn't designated "farm land")

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That is exactly what they are doing here in Ohio - digging out old laws to try to get money.

Ohio had it's bond status downgraded, so they are getting desperate.

Next thing they will do is to tax people growing gardens (on property that isn't designated "farm land")

Probably a good idea to start reading those dumb laws sites:

Ohio State

In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.

Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.

It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.

Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.

Breast feeding is not allowed in public.

It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.

It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.

No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.

City Specific Laws

Akron:

It is illegal to display colored chickens for sale.

No person shall solicit sex from another of the same gender if it offends the second person.

Skateboarding in the city limits after dark is prohibited.

Posting signs at swimming pools is illegal.

Bay Village:

It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.

Bexley:

Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

Canton:

Electric fences are banned.

If one loses their pet tiger, they must notify the authorities within one hour.

Power Wheels? cars may not be driven down the street.

Edited June 16, 2009 by Private Pike

[pedroh 21]

[Nagishkaw 510]

Whoa!

[Bobby+Umit 161]

And we Ohioans love to get our fish drunk, because we all love fish sticks....

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Just be sure to notify the authorities within 60 minutes if your pet tiger chews its way through the chicken wire again

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Just be sure to notify the authorities within 60 minutes if your pet tiger chews its way through the chicken wire again

But I can't - since I can't ride my cow down the street, or my powered wheel vehicle...

And they would find out about my 10 women living in my house...

Hmmm - maybe if I wait till July 4th, then I can ...

[Ban Hammer 13,919]

Just be sure to notify the authorities within 60 minutes if your pet tiger chews its way through the chicken wire again

But I can't - since I can't ride my cow down the street, or my powered wheel vehicle...

And they would find out about my 10 women living in my house...

Hmmm - maybe if I wait till July 4th, then I can ...

i think once umit finds out about that, you'll need protective custody

[Dr. Obvious 49]

And we Ohioans love to get our fish drunk, because we all love fish sticks....

Kanye West for Governor!

[almaty 19]

lol..oh yeah

[pedroh 21]

And we Ohioans love to get our fish drunk, because we all love fish sticks....

Kanye West for Governor!

[Ladylethal 12]

So next people will start paving their driveways 'cus the mayor is a azz? Wow there's gotta be a lawsuit there somewhere! Obviously common sense is part of any law, like the 5 women in a house one (to prevent a brothel forming I guess).