Despite claims by many top Los Angeles officials that they had never heard of a special service to review parking citations, newly released documents show several City Council offices benefited from the so-called Gold Card Desk by securing dozens of ticket dismissals.Some people are more "equal" than others in Blue America.
Some of the dismissals involved relatives of local officials or helped council offices quash political fires among irate constituents, the records show.
Friday, July 01, 2011
List of Los Angeles parking ticket dismissals growing
The L.A. Times reports: