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Dec. 9th, 2004 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingFor a limited time, the city of Boston is accepting a new form of payment for parking tickets: Cabbage Patch Kids, Morphibians, even Mega Blocks.
To help boost donations to the U.S. Marines Corps Toys for Tots campaign, city officials are allowing parking scofflaws to settle their debts with toys of equal or greater value than their tickets. A sales receipt is required for proof of value.
Tickets issued Dec. 1, 2 or 3 are eligible for the program, excluding those issued for public safety reasons, such as parking in front of a handicapped space, in a crosswalk or in a fire lane. The city is accepting the toys in lieu of money until Friday.
Zoinks!, a toy store in Faneuil Hall, just across the street from City Hall, is offering a 15 percent discount to customers who show a Boston parking ticket.
To help boost donations to the U.S. Marines Corps Toys for Tots campaign, city officials are allowing parking scofflaws to settle their debts with toys of equal or greater value than their tickets. A sales receipt is required for proof of value.
Tickets issued Dec. 1, 2 or 3 are eligible for the program, excluding those issued for public safety reasons, such as parking in front of a handicapped space, in a crosswalk or in a fire lane. The city is accepting the toys in lieu of money until Friday.
Zoinks!, a toy store in Faneuil Hall, just across the street from City Hall, is offering a 15 percent discount to customers who show a Boston parking ticket.