Wednesday, September 29. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Parking department hears ticket appeals
By Michael Terry
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
Once a parking ticket is issued, the chances of getting out of the fine are slim — in fact, few students even try.
The University of Kansas parking department issues about 300 tickets on average each day for infractions ranging from illegally parking on the sidewalk to parking in the wrong zone.
The issuing of a ticket, though, is just the beginning. Anyone issued a ticket by the parking department has the right to file an appeal and attempt to have it reversed.
Of the 58,817 tickets that were issued last year, only 1,489 or 2.5 percent of them were appealed, said Donna Hultine, assistant parking director. Of those tickets that went up for appeal, only 368 or about 25 percent were granted, she said. The parking department made $707,688 from tickets last year.
Hultine said that students were given the opportunity to appeal any ticket they thought they did not deserve.
"A student is given a grace period of up to 10 business days in which they can either choose to pay the fine or file an appeal," Hultine said. "If the student refuses to pay after losing an appeal, we can put a hold on their transcript, enrollment or suspend their parking privileges."
For students interested in challenging a parking ticket there are two options made available by the parking department.
The first is to write an
appeal in essay form stating why they should not have to pay the fine, Hultine said. This also can be done by logging on to the parking department's Web site and filing it there, she said.
Hultine said that the appeal would be reviewed by a panel of judges who worked for the KU traffic court. The student is notified of the decision in two to four weeks, she said.
The panel is made up of first and second year law students who use the appeals process as practice for the courtroom." Hultine said.
The second option is a trial where a first-year law student represents the individual. The case is tried before a court made up of second-year law students acting as judges.
Michelle Morse, assistant chief justice of traffic court, said she thought this forum offered an opportunity for law students to gain experience.
"It not only offers first-year law students an opportunity to mentor with a second-year law student, but it also gives KU students a chance for their voices to be heard."
Hultine said that the traffic court did a good job of reviewing appeals and that the appeals granted showed that there were incidents out there where a ticket should not have been issued.
"We're not perfect, and we know that our department will make mistakes from time to time," Hultine said. "I encourage anyone with a valid complaint to file an appeal."
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Reagan biography irks daughter, historians
WASHINGTON Ronald Reagan's eldest daughter said she wouldn't be reading his authorized biography because the writer appears to have wasted an incredible and irreplaceable opportunity to explain him.
The Associated Press
"I have decided that I have read all the fiction about Ronald Reagan I intend to读 — so I think I will pass on this book," said Maureen Reagan in a statement.
Former President Bush pitched in yesterday with criticisms of his own, denying biographer Edmund Morris' claim in "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan" that Bush and his wife felt unwelcome in the Reagan White House when he was vice president.
Bush said that he was very close to President Reagan and didn't know where Morris got that information.
"I do not hide the fact that Reagan was frequently an old, spaced-out man, inattentive to details," Morris told CBS' 60 Minutes.
The book devotes about 250 pages of text to the Reagan presidency in its 874 pages of text and notes.
Students challenging KLZR
Reagan biographer Lou Cannon told CBS that Morris' contribution could have been to tell what went on during the presidency and, with very few exceptions, he doesn't.
Morris quoted Bush on a comment made about Reagan and his wife, Nancy. "I kind of wished they'd shown — y'know, a little appreciation. Didn't seem to want us upstairs in the White House."
Morris was granted close access to Reagan during his second term. Although the book is not being released until tomorrow, it already has created a stir with historians and former Reagan aides. In part because Morris inserts himself as a semi-fictional character.
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The Antique Pipe Shop
Bartelt said he already had spoken with managers from some of the selected acts, including Ben Folds Five, who previously has performed for such causes. He said Ben Folds Five's manager said the band probably would be interested in performing a benefit in Lawrence.
However, Bartelt stressed that negotiations were tentative.
"I think we've got a really real chance," Bartelt said. "There are a lot of bands who feel really tied to Lawrence."
In addition to the concert, Templin Revolution also is organizing a Save the Lazer discount card. The idea is to get local businesses to offer discounts to card holders in exchange for free advertising on filers and the Templin Revolution Web site, www.angelfire.com/ks/TemplinRevolution.
Jenkins and Bartelt said their ultimate goal was to encourage local businesses to stop advertising on the Lazer. If the card works as they plan, businesses that advertise on the card would acquire more business, and those that still advertise on the Lazer would get less, thus driving all local businesses away from KLZR.
"What we're trying to do is show them it's in their best interest to revert to the old format," Bartelt said. "For capitalist reasons, it's a good idea. It's good for Lawrence. It's also good to support the local music scene, which I think, is one of the strong points of Lawrence and should be defended."
"Last year was one of the most difficult years in my life," said Clinton to ministers gathered at the White House for his annual prayer breakfast. "This occasion, because of what it has come to mean to me, was a very difficult one."
WASHINGTON—A year after confessing to sin and apologizing for scandal, President Clinton said yesterday he had been profoundly moved by the pure power of grace and forgiveness from his family, associates and American citizens.
At the same event last September, a moist-eyed Clinton apologized for the Monica Lewinsky sex-and-cover-up scandal that later led to his impachment in the House and acquittal in the Senate.
He said then that he had sinned and repented.
Clinton says thanks, apologizes
Templin Revolution members will be selling T-shirts from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. today on Wescoe Beach and periodically throughout the week.
The Associated Press
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Yesterday, Clinton thanked people he said had helped him during the past year, including three ministers who had kept a promise to meet with him — both to help him and to hold him accountable.
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A somber Clinton lowered his voice and bowed his head at the lectern to address the Lewinsky scandal. The audience of about 130 listened quietly. Some nodded their heads as he spoke.
He said he owed thanks most of all to his wife and daughter but also to the people he worked with, to the legions of American people and to God.
Ministers of all faiths, many in traditional robes, applauded as Clinton concluded.
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"I am very grateful to all of you who had any role in that," he said.
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