RE: I recently got a $75 *parking* ticket in Upstate New York tourist town (not NYC)
UPSTATE !!?? They only fine you $40 in the city!!
It was also the first encounter I've had with the police since I got my CCW. I told him I had a license to carry (which he would have found out anyway...he ran my plates and license) and I told him that both I and my girlfriend were unarmed. He was cool with that.