driving & using cell phone trap in Hilo

[Royall]

What really pisses one off is to get a ticket for not stopping at the stop sign at the Maku'u/130 merge. Cop tells me that "yeah, I could sit and write tickets there all day long because nobody stops there". I write a letter about the ticket hoping to get the $130 ticket reduced back in December when I got the ticket. Man at the counter says "it will take about 2-4 months to process"..... Well, last week I got a call from a collection agency in Texas that is representing the County of Hawaii.... I owed $57 bucks for the ticket I got and another 19 buck in processing fees!!! I never got a letter from the county as to WHAT the fine was going to be! Before I paid the collectors, I went to the county office and wanted to find out what the hell was going on... They claim there was a letter sent out in December and since I didn't follow up they just sent it to collection without a follow up letter or phone call... The man said "write a letter"... Knowing how long things take, I paid the funds to the collection agency and had plans to stop by the court house to see if I could talk to a supervisor.... Today in the mail comes the "LETTER" that should have come in December and tells me they reviewed my letter and made a judgement of $57 dollars!! WTF???!!! The letter is post marked "APRIL 22nd"!!

As soon as I calm down a wee bit I'm going to call and talk to the highest ranking person there and chew some ass!!

Yeah, I'm a bit pissed!!

Royall

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