If LYRC Were A LiveJournal

On a delightful summer day, I received a letter from the City of Chicago requesting that I submit a payment of $75 for new City Sticker for my automobile. Being a good citizen, I immediately wrote a check and sent it off via the U.S. Postal Service. The check cleared, but the sticker never arrived. I subsequently received two $120 citations (for total fees of $240) within a single 48 hour period. Meanwhile, a replacement City Sticker was issued and I acquired a notarized letter from City Hall stating that the Post Office failed to deliver my initial sticker. I contested both citations. The first contestation was rejected; I have received no word on the second. I decided to appeal the order upholding the first citation. Today I went to the Clerk of the Court to file an appeal and request a hearing. Behold the itemized receipt for my trip to the Daley Center:

Arbitration: $10.00
Parking Ticket: $25.00
Dispute Resolution: $1.00
U.S. Postage: $0.37
Base Mail Fee: $15.00
Certified Mail Fee: $2.30
Return Receipt Fee: $1.75
Automation: $5.00
Document Storage: $5.00
Law Library: $13.00
Total Amount: $78.42

After filing my forms in triplicate and paying the requisite fee, I was told very kindly that I had to call a certain phone number sometime around the end of September for my court date. I would not be otherwise notified by the Court. I just paid $19.42 in postage, and they won't even send me a notification by mail.

Anyone interested in getting drunk?