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Jenna Bush's Secret Service Detail Ticketed
POSTED: 9:15 am EDT March 23,
2009
UPDATED: 10:26 am EDT March 23,
2009
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Jenna Bush has called a South Baltimore street in Federal Hill home for about a year. Now it seems in the course of that year, her Secret Service has been ignoring parking tickets.Friday, it finally caught up to them, NewsChannel5 sister station WMAR-TV reported."We can confirm that two undescribed vehicles were ticketed; one vehicle was towed," said Adrienne Barnes from the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.There was no sympathy from her neighbors."I think it's great," said James Gorman. "They should deal with everything we deal with day in and day out." Maria Gonzalez added, “It's nice to know no matter what the license plate says, no matter what kind of car, they're going to take care of it."Department of Transportation officials said an agent paid to get the car released and will pay all fines incurred. The city typically tows after three outstanding parking tickets. "All three tickets have to be more than 30 days old," said Barnes.The station stopped by Bush's home Friday evening and saw one Secret Service vehicle parked across the street with a visitor's pass displayed. They were careful not to identify the car, but noticed it was parked illegally -- in a tow-away zone.Everyone agreed parking is a nightmare in Federal Hill."There are people who I'd like to say stalk the vehicles," laughed one resident."I went to get some Chinese food, walked in, walked out and I had a ticket, so it's hard to support local businesses," said resident Kit Stone.Their only satisfaction is that everyone gets their equal share –- no matter what their last name.The city has beefed up parking patrols in the Federal Hill area, they said, at the request of residents. Each resident is given two visitor passes and can petition for more if necessary.
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