A parking ticket from a city you have not visited in years would raise questions for most drivers. For Brad Sands of Grand Junction, Colorado, that question turned into a fight with a system that offered few ways to correct what appeared to be an obvious mistake.
The notice arrived from the City of Denver and demanded payment for a street sweeping violation. It stated that an original $50 fine had grown to $100 after going unpaid.
Sands says he never received the first citation. He also says he had not driven to Denver in years, making the allegation difficult to understand…