My story: Accused of Residency Fraud

[Anonymous]

Not reading, then sharing your opinion.

Huge problem on DCUM, and annoying.

Here's a summary:

- OP had a crisis.

- OPs home was broken into or vandalized or something really bad happened there during the school year.

- OP used a rental car for a short time; the car had out of state plates.

- OP rented a DC-based home on Air BnB for a short time during the crisis. (Maybe while Op's home was being repaired?)

- OP's concern was that the family was FOLLOWED by another school based family (not school officials) and pictures were taken of them. It apparently freaked OP out.

- OP was able to quickly resolve the issue but spoke of feeling anxious and disconnected from the school's parent community since the incident.

- OP was obviously against parent investigators who could easily get it wrong.

- The thread (AS MANY DO) then became an Octopus of opinions and side stories that had ZERO to do with OPs original post.

Carry on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Residential spaces are less for resident space availability than one may think. Residential parking was only in put in place as a strategy to keep junk cars from being stored on dc streets long term. It also became an additional revenue ( ticket generating ) tool as non ward residents working in other wards and out of state drivers could get hefty fines for being discovered parking near their work/job site in the new “residential” zones.

Comparing fare jumping to parking is a bit misguided; meter maids and tow companies love drivers that park in residential spaces as it makes money for the city.

It makes more money for the city because, if they get caught, they get tickets? Sort of like if fate jumpers get caught, they get tickets?

[Anonymous]

It’s a lot easier to catch someone for Parking in zone spaces than it to catch a fare jumper, just give the car a ticket.

[Anonymous]

I think DC residents who are dropping their kids off at school shouldn’t get tickets for parking in residential spaces between drop off and pick up hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think DC residents who are dropping their kids off at school shouldn’t get tickets for parking in residential spaces between drop off and pick up hours

The best thing of course would be if more kids walked to school, instead of arriving by car. The carbon footprint of DC’s lottery system is huge.

[Anonymous]

Most Title 1 students don’t arrive in relatively expensive cars with Maryland plates. Fraud is fraud.

[Anonymous]

No "hurt" was caused, get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No "hurt" was caused, get over it.

+1.

What a senseless thread