The file number is 99 FO 002057. But we doubt he cares. After all, he once tried to repeal that holiday for state employees. We're sure the editorial board was careful in emphasizing state employees in that sentence, since its own management refuses to recognize Martin Luther King Jr's. birthday as a holiday for Journal Co. employees. The notices threatened car seizures and bad credit reports awaiting those who didn't pay.
Trouble is, the information was outdated or never existed.
The firm responsible for ticket collecting since 1998, Professional Account Management, gets a sizable percentage of the take for its old collections-which these were. PAM promptly blamed the previous vendor for the problems. He thinks he has the upper hand because the city wants his turf for some redevelopment, and he believes his burgers are woven with gold and coated with some magic sauce that would have customers screaming injustice if he didn't get his way. But Glendale could just do the urban renewal thing and condemn the restaurant. The Libertarian Party is concerned that new airport X-ray machines are examining a bit too much.