A Houston man says he wants to clear his own conscience and pay a $1 parking ticket he got 58 years ago, even though the city’s traffic violation records have been purged.
Dale Crawford sent a letter to city officials after finding the ticket among some keepsakes. He says it’s a debt that he wants to pay, though it’s a “small, almost unnoticeable amount.”
We somehow doubt there are any Honolulu parking tickets dating back to before statehood, but maybe someone will come out of the woodwork here someday.
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