Paying the fine is the wrong thing to do.
Exactly, use the money to appeal the fine all the way to the supreme court.
Paying the fine will only encourage the government to engage in further bad behavior.
I would never pay the fine and pack up and leave Aregone for ever. For a few years I drove from Seattle to L.A. on a regular bases. Every time I hit the border you could feel the darkness, sin and evil spirits. Asked my Rabbi and he told me to fly if I could. He said it was the darkest place he had ever been in.