LETTER: Parking tickets out of hand

To the editor:

This past Friday night, I went to visit a friend in the new Living and Learning Center. Due to the lack of visitor parking, I parked in the nearly empty parking lot at the Alumni House. It was about 12:15 am when I parked. After my visit, I found a ticket on my car with 12:26 am as the time the ticket was issued. So, in the end, I paid $19 to park in a nearly empty parking lot, late on a Friday night. Where am I supposed to park when I visit my friends that live in the LLC? Why should I get a ticket for parking somewhere when no one else is going to park there? Why didn’t I get a warning? And why was it so expensive? I’ve had many problems with the parking officials this year. I’ve received 3 tickets for parking in my overflow parking lot. During a USU basketball game, I received a ticket for parking in the R3 parking lot when my R2 lot was full. What is to be done? Why are only some punished? How much does the Parking Office make?

Clark Abraham