City tows Jenna Bush's Secret Service van for violations

[rainbow4321]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-jenna-bush-secret-service0320,0,3296589.story


Adrienne Barnes, a spokeswoman for the city's Department of Transportation, said that the van was towed from a South Baltimore neighborhood for a "nonmoving violation." The vehicle had accumulated six tickets, officials said, but the total fines and specific violations were not immediately available. A second Secret Service vehicle was also ticketed, Barnes said.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed that one vehicle was towed and said the federal agency is paying the tickets. The van is used by her agents, and does not transport Bush, he said.

Children of former presidents receive protection until age 16, according to the Secret Service's Web site. It was not immediately clear why Bush, 27, is still entitled to that security.

A neighbor recalled seeing a boot on the vehicle Friday. It had been parked outside the former first daughter's house for months. "It just sits there," said the neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous. "These are in spots that are designated for the Secret Service cars. These were taken away from general public's parking. Only their cars are parked there."

[uppityperson]

1. Why does she still get SS protection? Maybe they've figured out the Bush hatred? Too funny.

[Warpy]

3. It sounds like her security detail was pulled on Jan 20

but they left the van behind, probably due to a screwup among them about which agent was supposed to drive it back to wherever.

[uppityperson]

4. Aha. Thank you. Thinking they extended it due to threats, but actually

the agents were so glad to leave they forgot the van.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. My thoughts exactly.

[salin]

2. Maybe the agents who drove the car/guarded her were so glad to be

relieved of this duty that they just abandoned the car/posts as soon as Obama became President? *snicker*

[etherealtruth]

9. That's the image conjured in my mind

:)

[rainbow4321]

11. Basically they lost the "company car"

For 2 months.
Something that would get most of us FIRED on the spot.

[gratuitous]

5. When your last name is "Bush," you can be quite careless

"Ah, we don't need that secret service van anymore, just leave it. We can't have it anyway, and it smells like agentstink inside. Someone else can collect it and deal with it. I'm off to Cancun!"

[rainbow4321]

6. "had accumulated six tickets"

Ok....after the first 2 or 3 tickets did it dawn on anyone leaving tickets 4, 5 and 6 that maybe tracking the license plate/owner would have been a good idea?? I'm betting the average driver in that city would have been hunted down alot sooner than that.

[zbdent]

7. I know that in Akron Ohio, a car was ticketed several times before someone

realized that it was a car which was reported stolen ... and then, when they opened up the trunk, they found the body of a woman who had been reported missing ...

[onethatcares]

8. so we get to pay for the parking tickets.

just another round about stab in the eye by the * junta.

Gaud, can't they just go away and leave our country alone???