Dear Mr. Curran,
I am sorry your journey to the Oak Park Public Library ended with you getting a $33 ticket for parking without paying the nominal fee of approximately $2 [A wasteland of fees and fines, Viewpoints, April 9]. I’m sorry the meter ticketer couldn’t discern your intent of being gone for only a few minutes to save money by borrowing a book instead of buying one. I’m sorry you took a gamble on not being ticketed and lost. I’m not sure it would be much different in Forest Park or River Forest, but as you said you’ll be supporting those municipalities instead, perhaps your support will come in the form of more parking fines in those towns since you thought it was OK to skip paying in Oak Park.
Joan Slanina
Oak Park