Post by Logan on Dec 30, 2016 5:54:48 GMT -6
Lancaster resident says treasurer broke law by refusing coins as payment for fine
Alfredo Santiago agrees it was a valid parking ticket.
The 34-year-old Broad Street resident also admits he was working out some frustration when he took a bag of loose change to the city treasurer’s office, at 39 W. Chestnut St., to pay the $20 fine.
But Santiago says the clerk accepting payments at the office on Dec. 19 broke the law when she refused to take his money.
“The lady didn’t want to count it up, so she wouldn’t take my ticket,” he says. “You can’t refuse me just because you don’t want to be inconvenienced.”
Read more: lancasteronline.com/news/local/legal-tender-city-resident-says-treasurer-broke-law-by-refusing/article_9851d832-c954-11e6-84ff-9340a53b3e0f.html
Alfredo Santiago agrees it was a valid parking ticket.
The 34-year-old Broad Street resident also admits he was working out some frustration when he took a bag of loose change to the city treasurer’s office, at 39 W. Chestnut St., to pay the $20 fine.
But Santiago says the clerk accepting payments at the office on Dec. 19 broke the law when she refused to take his money.
“The lady didn’t want to count it up, so she wouldn’t take my ticket,” he says. “You can’t refuse me just because you don’t want to be inconvenienced.”
Read more: lancasteronline.com/news/local/legal-tender-city-resident-says-treasurer-broke-law-by-refusing/article_9851d832-c954-11e6-84ff-9340a53b3e0f.html