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Emotional Extortion
05/23/13 at 16:40:44

Just had an interesting experience, I am home sick from work today and the doorbell rings. My two Boston Terriers go nuts, per the usual and my wife answers the door. Turns out my city snuck in an ordinance that you have to get a special license for your dogs in addition to the current license and shots records and junk you already have to have. If you haven't gotten or known to get the special extra license then you get an $800+ citation.

You know why they don't require this of cats? Cats don't bark when the doorbell rings so it is very hard to find them but dogs, now there is a cash cow for a city that has squandered all it's money. Fortunately for me, the smug, arrogant officer is male and my wife is a cry-on-a-dime extra-emotional female who also doesn't have a good sense of the passage of time.

After a 25 minute emotional filibuster we were extorted for only $47 which is the cost of the extra license and get-out-of-citation-free-card for paying the extra "taxes" to the extortionist. Government can sure be ruthless!!

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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #1 - 05/23/13 at 17:08:15 Could you perchance registered your guns at the same time and received a multi-citation discount?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #2 - 05/23/13 at 17:51:13 Sure you weren't ripped off by a scam artists? What is the new license exactly?
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CaramelQT Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 RI Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #3 - 05/23/13 at 19:30:30 I'm with verslagen. I would have told them to wait at the door & called your local town's city hall or police station to ask. Unfortunately, it looks like you may have lost $47. Also, if you let them in your house, hopefully they weren't casing the place. Economy is bad, people are getting really creative with their scams.
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Reply #4 - 05/23/13 at 21:04:17

verslagen1 wrote on 05/23/13 at 17:51:13:

Sure you weren't ripped off by a scam artists?

What is the new license exactly?

He was an uniformed officer with a city vehicle and citation pad all ready to go. The paperwork lhe left behind looked pretty legit too. Lot's of gov't speak and addresses of the gov't building at which I need to appear. Some new county/city cooperation to get more money out of the citizenry. All dogs need the rabies vaccination and the license that says it have been vaccinated in addition to all the other vaccinations.

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Reply #5 - 05/23/13 at 21:08:17

CaramelQT wrote on 05/23/13 at 19:30:30:

I'm with verslagen. I would have told them to wait at the door & called your local town's city hall or police station to ask. Unfortunately, it looks like you may have lost $47.

Also, if you let them in your house, hopefully they weren't casing the place.

Economy is bad, people are getting really creative with their scams.

Oh, we didn't pay anything and the guy never got in. We have to go down to the county department of animal services (yes, we have that now) and go through the bureaucratic mess within 10 days.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #6 - 05/23/13 at 21:42:34 I'll have to pass this BS to mom. thanks.
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CaramelQT Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 57 RI Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #7 - 05/23/13 at 22:10:58 Whew
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #8 - 05/24/13 at 07:42:33 Your welcome to move to MS. That BS doesn't sit well enough here to get on the books.
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #9 - 05/24/13 at 09:28:53 "bark bark bark" "There's no dogs here" "Sir, I can hear them..." "Those are... my kids! Hairy, little kids." --Steve
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Dane Allen Serious Thumper Offline Carpe Diem!! Posts: 1217 Riverside, CA Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #10 - 05/24/13 at 10:38:32 Paraquat wrote on 05/24/13 at 09:28:53: "bark bark bark" "There's no dogs here" "Sir, I can hear them..." "Those are... my kids! Hairy, little kids." --Steve And notice that only dogs are targeted. They probably will require licenses for children soon, anything for revenue.
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keith217 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #11 - 05/24/13 at 10:48:36 Actually, I've had this happen to me too. You have to register the dogs, so its one of those things that just has to be done. Kinda sucks.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #12 - 05/24/13 at 10:49:00 WElcome to the land of the free..
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Emotional Extortion Reply #13 - 05/24/13 at 11:33:01 get one of those electronic "watch dogs" keep it by the front door. program it to bark (record the bark of your dogs) when you kick it.
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Reply #14 - 05/24/13 at 12:01:00

keith217 wrote on 05/24/13 at 10:48:36:

Actually, I've had this happen to me too. You have to register the dogs, so its one of those things that just has to be done. Kinda sucks.

The problem with it is that there is no notice and then the guy comes around with the "ignorance of the law is not a defense" BS which was reasonable before the days of 4,000 new regs a year. No one knows all these laws, they know that and use it against you to get more money because you are expected to memorized every law ever added to the codes.

"What?? You say you didn't know a secret plan was established to fine you $900 if you didn't get the proper license?? Ignorance of the law is no defense, we will be garnishing your wages!!"

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