Appeal to Pity

Frederick Dickinson

Seattle, WA 98122

July 3, 2008
Municipal Court of Seattle
ATTN: Magistrate Case Prep
P.O. Box 34987
Seattle, WA 98124-4987

Your Honor,

In the matter of the parking citations at hand, I concede that I was parked within the no-parking limits of a fire hydrant.   I was parked there for approximately 6 hours, and received two parking tickets within two hours of each other.

I ask the court to consider waiving the fee for the second of the tickets and to allow me to pay for the first ticket.  I base this request on an appeal to pity, where in this case I was unable to move my car after parking illegally, and so deserving of a ticket; however, I feel that the second ticket was gratuitous due to the fact that I was not going to be able to move my car before other officers could come by to give me a ticket as often as happen to match their route and schedules.

I respectfully ask that you consider my request to pay the city for one ticket and waive the second ticket.

Thank you,

Frederick Dickinson

So, I know it’s only $38 a ticket, but something about mitigation hearings make me feel civic, despite how lame parking tickets are to begin with.  The only thing worse than a parking ticket, is another parking ticket.

Since I’ll be out of town during my designated hearing date, I’m choosing to mitigate my charges by written statement.  I couldn’t decide whether or not to really ham it up, or to just make it short and to the point.

Any predictions on what the result will be?