Robin Hood rides to rescue the innocent motorist
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Friday, May 17, 2013
New Hampshire residents take the “Live Free or Die” slogan on their license plates seriously. Municipal governments use every shady trick to squeeze revenue from the citizenry, but Hampshiremen are fighting back. The bureaucrats are in enough lather to shave their whiskers.
Good Samaritans in the city of Keene, styling themselves as “Robin Hood and his Merry Men,” are gallantly topping off parking meters before they expire, ensuring their neighbors will be spared an expensive and unnecessary ticket.
The Robin Hooders have spared locals paying nearly 4,000 tickets, which so infuriated the city that it actually filed a lawsuit against the Good Samaritans, claiming something called meter-maid intimidation…..the group “regularly, repeatedly and intentionally taunted, interfered with, harassed, and intimidated” the officers, and insisted the meter maids were offended by being videotaped at work.
There’s evidence to the contrary, as the group posts videos of its activities on YouTube. …….It’s obvious that the real issue isn’t harassment. It’s cash. Fines for meter violations have plummeted, and a little intimidation from municipal lawyers might boost revenue.....To Read More......
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