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Skylink is three years behind schedule and almost one billion over budget!

Unbelievable what happened to me today; our tax dollars experiencing an epic fail.

Two weeks ago, I received a concerning letter from the Venice PD West Traffic Division. It was a form letter accusing me of having caused an accident and leaving the scene - back in April. A grainy photo was enclosed which was from late one night, with my car parked curbside yet without anyone inside of it.
No date given.
No victim named.
No location listed.
No explanation,
Just me being accused of not remaining at the scene after having reversed my car and bumping into someone else’s car.

When I arrived at the Venice PD today to address this problem, the cop approached me guns blazing (meaning bad attitude; not literal guns). I was defensive right away and intimidated yet none of this made sense. I thought he must’ve had some sort of evidence on video; something to warrant this strange yet serious accusation against me - but, no.

The cop showed me the report which only confounded me further. No individual was named nor even notated as having filed this claim! Instead an implausible story unfolded as I read this report. Supposedly I was in an underground parking structure on the “night in question” (which had two different dates listed; each a month apart). My car backed into the victim’s car and I drove away.
The victim (whose name is missing throughout this report) wasn’t in their car nor anywhere near it the report alleged. Yet “someone” (another omitted identity) who just happened to be a witness yet somehow through telepathy knew who the cars owner was in this big parking garage, called the person (whose number he couldn’t have known and whose car was “bumped into by me”) and that cars owner suddenly appeared and began a pursuit of me! 🤪
I had no words. Yet the cop is awaiting my admission to this bazaar report. No names given of this phantom, hit-n-run car victim. No names given of the “someone” who saw this random car get hit and just happened to have the owners phone number teleported into his brain so he could call that person. Who then emerged (having not seen my car) yet followed me to try and stop my car after this hit-n-run.

After my bafflement turned to anger, I tore into this cop. He’d approached me with this serious charge while in the police stations lobby. Yet the minute I became angry and incensed he shepherded me outside of ear range from the other desk cops.
I demanded he walk with me to my car to show him it needed a bath yet had zero markings on it from this made-up hit-n-run. Well that’s when this cop changed his attitude to one of equal bewilderment.
He didnt know why he’d been assigned this case against me either. He confessed that their department gets over 50 reports like this a month; car hit-n-runs with zero occupants at the time but seeking financial gain. I asked him why the cops call us alleged perpetrators in before vetting whomever it was making these bogus reports.
The cop told me he’d suggest that to his boss since these false reports arrive at their precinct weekly in droves 🤔. I told him that since he was admitting to all these reports not panning out, then he and his fellow cops should go after these criminals for filing false police reports! He admitted that was a crime in and of itself and would be the preferred method were it allowed by his boss.🤷‍♀️
I was finally able to leave but first I told this cop that I’d better not receive a phone call or another citation about this same issue again. I needed reassurances from him that he was closing this bogus investigation and that none of it was affecting my driving record. His final words to me were that I’d have heard from my insurance company, anyway, if it had been a legit complaint to start with. 🫪🤯

Has anyone else encountered such a strange experience with the police? I had to leave my sick and dying cat at home alone to respond to this ludicrous and confusing situation and it’s valuable time I can’t get back.

Maybe I’m just being petty, but I love KCRW, and I really like all the hosts and reporters… except for Danielle Chiriguayo on Morning Edition. I like listening to the news on my drive to work, but it’s getting more and more difficult to listen to her trip up on every other word all the time. I guess I could just listen to a different station, and I know I’m being a hater but does anyone else feel the same way??

As the title states, shopping around for car insurance to lease an EV and I’m curious what provider you all have & how much you pay per month?

this happens during every heat wave. He just rode off with the gas pump still in tank