Editor:
A senior Ladner woman found out to her horror that the handicap permit she had put on her car windshield when accompanying a friend on a short shopping trip to a Costco across the border was expired when a letter arrived from a traffic court in Bellingham demanding payment of $450 US.
When explaining the mistake in a letter to the issuing judge, her plea was dismissed without a word and the demand for payment of such a huge fine for a minor parking infraction given over to a collection agency.
She considers this outrageous and a warning for all Canadians shopping across "the friendly border."
Ingrid Becker
