53moneypit comments, "And the liberals wonder why everyone is so fed up with government!"
Don't get me started on those bleeding heart tree hugging tax and spend left liberals! Makes my hackles rise and sets me to snarling.
Here in California, our yearly registration fees have doubled, mostly because of left liberal Republican governor Muscle Head. Many businesses which rely on a fleet of vehicles, especially trucks, have folded and gone under. Diesel rigs are becoming extinct here because of a new California Air Resources Board (CARB) rule. Almost all companies which run diesel big rigs, like shipping companies, are moving out of California.
Anyhow, when we registered our 1948 GMC 3 ton, California wanted $2,300 in fees. My girl took to cussing in her native tongue, Choctaw. Some of her words made me wince. The DMV boy was just confused but he could tell she was wet-hen mad. Had to grab her to keep her from jumping over the counter then pinching the head off of the young DMV boy wanting our hard earned money.
Smart girl, she told the boy what he could do with himself, took a hold of my long hair then dragged me out like I am an ape man.
She found some rules in the DMV code book which worked for us. One is a form which allows you to request waiver of penalty fees. Other is an exemption for some fees if owned by a government or by a charity. Our truck was an old Navy truck donated to "Kars for Kids" charity.
She went back to the DMV, demanded to talk with an office manager, in English, then set about making such a headache of herself, made the boy repeatedly call Sacramento to check on rules, caused such a ruckus for a couple of hours, the DMV finally conceded and reduced our fees from $2,300 to $1,000 mostly just to be rid of my crazy Indian girl.
Most important form for fee reduction is a "Request For Fee Waiver", some title like that. Only need to state a good reason, hand this form over to a manager for signature. Worked just great, but I think her waving a tomahawk about may have helped a bit.
Pays to go through a DMV rule book to find rules the DMV will not tell you about. There are many exemptions and waivers the DMV will never mention just to be mean. DMV employees really dislike the public but probably not as much as we dislike them.
Billyray
Last edited by Billyray; 04/01/2010 4:59 PM.
