MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — When John Connallon came back to his car after a trip to the boardwalk at John’s Pass in Madeira Beach, he was surprised to see a ticket on his vehicle.
“I could see a little white tag on my car. And I had the receipt, and I still had like two or three minutes to go,” he said.
It’s a common complaint against the company that owns the private lot in the 200 block of Boardwalk Place East. Through public records, 10 Investigates received pages of consumer complaints to the Florida Office of the Attorney General against UPP Global, operating locally as Florida Parking Co. The parking lots in question range in location from Clearwater to Sarasota. Currently, UPP Global operates in multiple states along the country’s Eastern Seaboard…