City chastised over parking fines
Lee Hughes Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 1 month AGO
SANDPOINT — Parking fines can get people riled up. Especially if it’s unclear what the fine structure is and how it works.
That was case at the Sandpoint City Council Wednesday during the public forum portion of the meeting when a constituent told the council, absent Councilmen Bill Atiken and Bob Camp, what he thought of the current parking fine structure.
“Holy mother, what is going on here?” Ben Tate, owner of Finan McDonald Clothing Company, said. “I can just see some lady getting her hair done and then going out for lunch with the girls, then coming back and getting a $50 fine for coming to Sandpoint.”
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