Mad about parking ticket in Arlington

Last weekend in Arlington Heights there was a Promenade of Arts festival. I am from Bensenville and went to this festival.

The parking garage on Campbell and Vail streets had a big billboard that said FREE PARKING on 4th and 5th.

Wow, I thought, this was good. So, I drove up to the 4th and parked came back two hours later to find a $25 parking ticket on my car. I was shocked! Some free parking I thought.

Went downstairs to look at the sign again the sure enough it said FREE on 4th and 5th. I asked the cop who was writing a lot of these tickets why are we getting these tickets and he said we don't have FREE parking.

So I said so what do I do with this ticket and he said get a "court date."

Now, I was not the only person getting a ticket, there were a lot of cars of the 4th floor getting "stung." I think this was an evil "Sting" job that Arlington Heights pulled to get money from anyone who believed that sign that was by the entrance way of the garage.

I paid the $25, but, I won't go back to Arlington Heights for any other event. Bad village.

Dori Sterba

Bensenville