No Mercy Meter Maids - LA

I remembered there was a reason I don't go to downtown LA often. If you park on the street, you're at the mercy of the meter maids. In my case tonight, I got two tickets: no front plate ($25), and parking in an unloading zone ($50); the 'unloading zone' sign was on a small poll, and the spot had paint lines like it was a spot, and there was a meter at the rear of the spot. Yeah, there's a lot of 'unloading' going on at 9pm. Anyways, that was my fault for not being more observant I guess. And I refuse to put on the front plate. Oh well, that's my $75 donation for the year to LA city. Lesson: when parking downtown LA, park in a pay lot if you don't have a front plate.