Shutdown blues: Park goers fined for entering 'closed' park
Photo courtesy Kelly Sanders
SEATTLE -- Breaking the rules can cost you -- to the tune of $125 -- as three park goers recently found out.
The Peninsula Daily News reported that three drivers were given the pricey citations after ignoring post signs that said Marymere Falls park was closed. The park has been closed since the Oct. 1 government shutdown.
Kelly Sanders, a sixth-grade teacher from Port Angeles, was hoping to show the sights to some international students she was hositng from Japan. But when they got out of their car for a photo op at the Storm King Ranger Station, Park Ranger Jennifer Jackson showed up and cited Sander for "Violation of Closure (Government Shutdown," the paper reported.
And Sanders wasn't the only one ticketed -- two others headed to the park also earned themselves a citation.
Sanders and Leanne Potts said Jackson seemed "remorseful" writing the tickets and said they could challenge the tickets, something they each said they would do.
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