The Original Issue: We Will Not Pay!
The ISSUE:
Below is the text version of the ad Chicken placed in the SF Weekly and the SF Bay Guardian:
See the original Ad here in all its graphic-designed glory
This is a collection notice from a car that got towed 3 years ago. A car that I signed over to City Tow because they told me that I wouldn’t owe any tow charges that way. And now, a year after the city got rid of them they have come up with what I think is a scam to send bills from years ago for charges we paid by signing over the car. I got really, really angry. I felt helpless. I felt like I had no choice but to pay it to save my credit rating. But I decided to take action. I contacted the office of the City Attorney who is aware of the problem. Any additional complaints they receive will help with an investigation. So I decided to take out a full page ad in the SF Weakly and the Bay Guardian and have Simone make a website so that you can do more then open your window and scream: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!!!!!!”
The City Attorney told me their hands were tied and the only way to resolve the issue was to file a civil lawsuit which required at least 700 signatures. That sent me out of the building, ready to collect said paperwork.
The ad mentioned above was run, I got 700++++ signatures, raised over $8000 (more than covering my costs for the print) and promptly returned to a court date to see ‘da judge about all this rigamarole….
7 minutes into my case, the gavel was dropped, all charges were ordered null and void, all monies were nulled and the rest is in the POST below..I won.
LOOK BELOW FOR SOME OF THE ORIGINAL POSTS AND INFO THAT LED UP TO OUR (ULTIMATE) VICTORY
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