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Man Almost Jailed Over a Penny
wftv ^
| 06 April 2010
Posted on 04/06/2010 7:36:54 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Osceola County man thought he’d paid off a parking ticket, so he was surprised to find out Monday that the Orange County Clerk’s office had issued a warrant for his arrest.
Luis Gomez owed exactly one cent on a speeding ticket he received one year ago.
Gomez tried to call the court to resolve the problem, and then tried to pay online, but had no luck. “They won’t take a payment of a penny online,” said Gomez.
Gomez works at a school in Orange County, and feared he would get arrested on campus in front of his students.
Eyewitness News contacted the clerk’s office on Gomez’s behalf, and was told nobody would be arrested over a penny. When they were told the paperwork said otherwise, officials in the office said it must have been a mistake.
Gomez drove to the clerk’s office on Monday afternoon to pay, and was asked if he needed a payment plan. When he said no, he paid the cent and left with a receipt.
The status of Gomez’s warrant was still unclear on Monday night, and he was told to follow up with the office on Tuesday.
Not only did it cost Orange County more to notify Gomez about the issue than a penny, Gomez had to pay $6 to park when he went in to pay.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; penny; ticket
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To: stainlessbanner
There goes that efficient govt again.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:41:17 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:42:06 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Bless America)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:42:32 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Bless America)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:42:50 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:43:08 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: stainlessbanner
I’m sure the county, cash strapped of course, was hoping for it to go to court so they could collect fines, interest, penalties, court costs, the guy’s first born...
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:44:44 AM PDT
by
cajuncow
To: stainlessbanner
Once Obama’s policies have their full impact he’ll be lucky if he has the penny to pay. Good thing he took care of it now.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:45:11 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(What Obama calls 'soft power' will inevitably end up being war through weakness.)
To: stainlessbanner
nothing surprises me any longer....
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:49:29 AM PDT
by
tatsinfla
To: stainlessbanner
Bureaucracy at its best. ;~(
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:49:53 AM PDT
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Ditto
To: stainlessbanner
A penny saved is a jail sentence earned............
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:50:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: stainlessbanner
A payment plan?
Ultimate coup de screw.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:52:55 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Welcome to the wonderful world of StupaKare!)
To: FourPeas
Oh I want this gov’t handing MY health insurance!!!!!
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:56:27 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: stainlessbanner
Gomez drove to the clerk’s office on Monday afternoon to pay, and was asked if he needed a payment plan.
They've got to be kidding.
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:02:08 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Forcing one person to pay for the irresponsibility of another is NOT social justice.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
i would have insisted on a payment plan....that would have been funny to watch the petty bureaucrats try and figure that one out...cheap entertainment
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:07:27 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(They will get my Fishing Rod when they pry it from my cold dead fingers)
To: stainlessbanner
What I want to know is how much money it cost the country to collect this penny.
To start with, did they mail him a letter with a 44 cent stamp.
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:11:23 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: stainlessbanner
Local law enforcement orgs all over the country are beating the bushes for every penny they can scrounge up.
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:15:44 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Public School education pays off.
Just imagine how much better it is going to get. Soon they will be having a first year college course on how to tie your shoes.
Our grand daughter took a business course in college. Her first year she learned what I was taught in 10th grade.
Total dumbing down of Americans. Common sense is no longer taught in school. Which is why some mental midget in government thinks nothing of spending $200 or $300 to collect a penney.
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:18:28 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: stainlessbanner
“Shut up,” the government explained.
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posted on
04/06/2010 8:19:47 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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