Hello Parking Ticket Geek -

I recently received a ticket for parking in a residential permit zone.

It was my own fault for not reading the sign correctly, however the officer issuing the parking ticket put the wrong license plate number on my ticket...

Hi Parking Geek,

I got a parking ticket on the 6th of October (yesterday), but the officer wrote the date on the ticket as the 9th of October (in the future!). Is this something that is easy to get thrown out (since I wasn't...

Watch out Chicagoans.

The City Clerk's office is beginning to play hardball when it comes to counterfeit Chicago city stickers.

Monday afternoon, City Clerk Miguel del Valle announced that his office is taking aggressive steps to identify counterfeit city stickers and penalize these offenders.

Dear Mr. Geek,

I am a Wisconsin resident with valid and up-to-date plate stickers on my vehicle (for the state of WI), and will be staying in Chicago for about 10 days. My friends live in an area (Irving Park/N. Clarendon) where no residential...

Dear Mr. Geek,

This past Sunday, Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) was a participating runner in the Bucktown 5K.

The last few days, he has been a participant in the controversy surrounding the towing debacle before the event.

After 127 cars got towed to clear the race...

I've been seeing a lot more questions regarding parking violations for "tinted glass," (Municipal Code 9-76-220) as of late.

This law prohibits modifying the front windshield and both front side windows by darkening them with tint. While some states allow moderate percentages of...

Dear Mr. Geek,

Parking tickets make me angry.

Getting booted made me insane.

But at no point during my maniacal ravings have I ever verbally assaulted, physically assaulted or fired a shot at a cop, PEA, booter or any other city employee.

I am honestly disturbed by last Monday's shooting of the...

Dear Parking Ticket Geek,

Chicagoans already bear an incredible economic burden of a weak economy, record foreclosures, increasing property taxes, and the highest retail sales tax in the entire country.

More specifically, when it comes to motor vehicles, Chicagoans pay some of the highest gas taxes in the...

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Dear Parking Ticket Geek,

PARKING TICKET GEEK EDITOR'S NOTE: Ticketmaster is a Parking Enforcement Aide (PEA) for the city of Chicago Dept. of Revenue. Ticketmaster has been pounding the pavement of the streets of Chicago, and issuing those darn bright orange violations for the past six years. Ticketmaster very graciously, every two weeks, answers...

Dear Parking Ticket Geek,

Without any fanfare, the city of Chicago has increased the number of red light camera intersections from 104 just a few short weeks ago, to a total of 112. This net increase of eight red light cameras were active as of August 4th, according...

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