[Zeke]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

I traded in a nissan pathfinder at a dealer in 1995.
Several years ago I started getting nasty notes from the city of LA telling me I owed them thousands of dollars in unpaid parking tickets.
Threats of bench warrants, etc.
I wrote to them telling them that I have not owned that vehicle since 1995 and it was traded in through gateway chevrolet, they didn't care. More threatening letters.
I went to the DMV.
A couple hours later, the clerk told me the vehicle was definitely not registered in my name and hadn't been for at least 10 years. I asked her to print it out, she said it was top secret and she'd have to kill me.
No she didn't actually say that but she did say she was not allowed to give out other people's private info. I said I just need something that says it is not registered to me. she said I'd need a lawyer to submit the correct forms and pay the correct fees.

I mailed a copy of the letter from the city of LA and a copy of my reply, and their rejection to the office of my congressman.
I explained what was going on and said i didn't know what to do. I said I was afraid I was going to get arrested for something I didn't do.

I got a nice letter back from my congressman saying that I shouldn't worry, it was all taken care of.
A couple weeks later I got a letter from the City of Los Angeles saying that I shouldn't worry, everything was taken care of.
And it was.

I am always surprised when people tell me they have never written their congressman or asked for his or her help.

They will be glad to help and they have a whole bunch of power. They just tell one of their aides to handle it and then they take the credit for it and get your vote for life and they know you'll tell everyone you know how cool they are.

If you get jacked around by the DMV, call or mail your congressman.

He'll call his buddy who is a high-up the DMV and ask for a favor. That guy will call the manager who will talk to the superintendant who will get pissed at the supervisor and chew his butt, the supervisor will yell at a clerk, and they'll stop hassling you.
Problem solved.

I think you can't use that route but once in a politician. Unless of course you're on the donor list. Then the favors will be proportionate to the amount of donations.

We do know that works.