More on fighting city hall

In all fairness, I received a call from a police officer today regarding the recently assessed late fees on my husband's parking ticket. (See One good reason not to live in Duluth post.)

She had gone through the investigating officer's files and checked on the date of the hearing and the time our payment of the parking fine arrived. She was willing to forgive $40 of the additional $45 we had been assessed. Apparently, my husband should have sent the payment when the officer called him and told him his findings, not when we received the official notice of them in the mail.

Technically, we were late in paying the fine. We needed to pay the $5 late fee, she said, but she would forgive the $40 that was tacked on for us not paying the late fee.

So you can fight city hall -- for $5.

But two street sweepers and another sprinkler truck came down our street early this morning. (See One good reason to live in Duluth post.) Our wonderful chalk drawings have been washed away.