I hold this video in high esteem because I, too, have been burned by parking tickets in Santa Monica. Not quite as burned as Gayle Anderson, reporter for KTLA here, but burned. (Sidenote: Perfect reporter name!) When I received my first $50 ticket for parking for more than 5 hours in one spot EVEN THOUGH THE METER WAS FULL, I was shocked. Was the parking enforcement officer not supposed to pat me on the back instead and say, “I’m so proud of you for renting a car all on your own and driving on the Freeway to get here, especially since you base your ideas of driving in LA on films like Clueless and LA Story“? No, she did not. She was much like this officer. Stone faced, intent on her job, shying away from the camera and microphone I pushed in her face.
Forget it, Gayle. It’s Santa Monica.
