Kentucky: College Basketball Fan Gets Bogus Parking Tickets

[WildcatRick]

Meter maids issue thousands of dollars worth of bogus parking tickets to a college basketball fan in Kentucky.


A fan of the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team is receiving hundreds of bogus parking tickets from around the country. Hickman County resident Ves Flavious Burgess owns a 1957 Chevy Bel Air with the Kentucky license plate IAM4UK, which he chose to display his support for his favorite team.

Kentucky does not require motorists to install front plates, so many sports fans have purchased novelty white-and-blue front plates issued from the state of "Wildcats" that read IAM4UK. Meter maids from Colorado to Maryland have written down this novelty plate number and used it to issue parking citations that went to Burgess, even though the cars allegedly responsible for the violations were clearly not fifty-year-old classics. The city of Baltimore, for example, claims Burgess owes $4045 in tickets and late fees.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/20/2066.asp

[JayB]

I'm sure all of this will get worked out some way, but I have to add that I couldn't help but laugh when I read that.:icon_mrgreen: Sounds like a real messed up situation.

[Wildcatcrazy11]

I would be proud of every ticket. I would tack them up on a big blue and white map of America to see how fast I could fill it up. I am sure the hastle surrounding this isn't too much fun but I'll bet it is nice knowing there are wildcats from NY to LA.

[NC Cat]

I would be proud of every ticket. I would tack them up on a big blue and white map of America to see how fast I could fill it up. I am sure the hastle surrounding this isn't too much fun but I'll bet it is nice knowing there are wildcats from NY to LA.
I always thought vanity plates were a bad idea....:icon_mrgreen:

[JayB]

I always thought vanity plates were a bad idea....:icon_mrgreen:

They scream "Rob Me!"

[MsWildcat]

I saw this on Cnn the other day. This guy is awesome, seriously. I always heard you don't have to pay tickets that are from another state. Like, I lived in Maryland and didn't have to pay DC tickets.....Just make sure you don't park illegally when you go back to that area. This is info from someone that was working for the DC govt.. So, sorry Baltimore...UK fans win this one! We're everywhere.:widcat: