Lloyd Shelton was having coffee with fellow council member Maretta Ashford in Mountain Brook Village when a police officer came by, marking tires.
Three women took notice, wondering if they needed to move their car to avoid a ticket for overtime parking.
“‘No, we can park here for three hours,’” Shelton recalled one of the three saying. “Maretta and I got tickled. I don’t know that you could milk three hours out of a cup of coffee. But just to see the enforcement arm come by, they all got anxious.”…