As I've mentioned before, I have my day in court February 28. This will likely be the first of many, because my defense is that indiviaudls in the city are abusing their power and singling out individuals for prosecution. I've got a lot of evidence to support this, actually, but today I got a GEM, one that will work nicely on appeal.

We were "in town" for our baby's two week checkup. As we were leaving town, i happened to look at my clock and notice that if I went home at 70 mph (the speed limit), I would make it back just in time to verify something I'd been wanting to verify for a longtime.

So we hotfooted it back in town and drove to the north side of the school zone. We quickly noticed the school zone lights were not flashing, something that is required for the school zone speed limit to apply in that area.

The time was 3:30 pm.

Now, it just so happens that the second of my two "speeding in a school zone" tickets lists the time of the offense as being 3:33 pm. Meaning that, as I was pretty sure to begin with, when i came through that school zone it was AFTER the speed limit was in effect.

That's something Officer Friendly shoulda noticed, doncha think?

The city's lawyer called me about settling, but they aren't dropping the city ordinance offense. The more I'm finding out, the more solid my case appears, and the LESS inclined I am to settle. The worst they can do to me, after all, is fine the crud out of me, and they're going to do that whether I settle or not (and, are, in fact, MORE likely to continue to do that IF I settle). I honestly have nothing to lose that matters here. The city, on the other hand, has a LOT to lose. I''m kind of hoping they realize that before I open up with both barrels, but if not, oh well.

I didn't start this fight, after all.