Would You Forgive This $10 Ticket?

From the Public Comments roundup in City Clerk Renata McLeod’s draft minutes of the City Council meeting Tuesday: “Jim Player, Coeur d’Alene, said he is a very new resident of the community, a Vietnam veteran, and currently living in transitional housing.  He received a parking ticket while trying to change his driver’s license and registration, because it took 2 ½ to 3 hours for him to be helped.  He filed an appeal with the Parking Commission and it was ignored.  He thinks that decency should prevail and that it was because of extenuating circumstances that he received the ticket.  He can’t afford $10.00 for a ticket and hopes that someone will contact him.  His address is 1516 E. Sherman Avenue, Apt. 9.”

• Also: Renata’s complete City Council draft minutes here

Question: If you were the city parking czar, would you forgive this ticket?