Obama pays parking tickets 17 years late

MSNBC ^ | July 23, 2009 | staff reporter

[Daffynition]

BOSTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got more than an education when he attended Harvard Law School in the late 1980s. He also got a healthy stack of parking tickets, most of which he never paid.

The Illinois Senator shelled out $375 in January - two weeks before he officially launched his presidential campaign - to finally pay for 15 outstanding parking tickets and their associated late fees.

[Daffynition]

I didn't know this. HAHAHA!

[the invisib1e hand]

A case study in popular double standards.

[homegroan]

Splains why he thinks the Boston cops are “stupid”...

[Boardwalk]

He also had quite a few parking tickets in the nearby Somerville. He lived in Somerville while attending Harvard Law. I know that Somerville forgave all of the late fees.

[wac3rd]

The poor, scholarship Harvard Law student had a car? How could he afford it? What Arab or Persian sponsor bought it for him?

[Doogle]

*grins*...makes ya wonder bout Obambi’s taxes too

[Daffynition]

This is o-l-d news ...but sure shows more of his swarmy character.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Sounds like Obama acted “stupidly”.

[Tublecane]

I used to get ticketed at college all the time. I didn’t like it. What a racket! They don’t have nearly enough housing to cover all there students, and they don’t build any parking structures. They can spend God-knows how much on Native American conversation rooms and diversity sculptures, but not a cent to get there students to the classroom.

Of course, despite all that, I always paid.

[New Girl]

This is nothing compared to the $950,000 he paid to have his birth certificate hidden.

[BenLurkin]

Obama got a healthy stack of parking tickets, most of which he never paid.

Why am I not surprised.

[Daffynition]

Boston cops.......

[Tublecane]

“there” = their. I hardly ever make that mistake. Sorry.

[Daffynition]

I had so many tickets in Beantown, I’m sure it totaled a semester of tuition! But they were all paid in a timely fashion.

[Liberty Ship]

Were all these tickets outstanding when he applied for the Bar? Did he disclose them?

[Daffynition]

LOL!

[timestax]

*grins*...makes ya wonder bout Obambi’s taxes too

Yeah, Let us see how much Federal and State taxes Slobambi has not paid yet! !

[Hattie]

Has anyone checked to see if he owes the IRS?

[PghBaldy]

The date of the article is: “updated 9:50 a.m. ET, Thurs., March. 8, 2007”

[urtax$@work]

Are those tickets available thru FOIA? S.O.Sam i think connected from pesky pkg. tickets....