Olathe Police Department and Municipal Court

I drive the speed limit because I cannot afford speeding tickets, and I try to be safe and fuel efficient. A habitual former speeder, I rely heavily on my cruise control. Occasionally, I err. I drive 45,ooo miles per year, and over my five years of doing this, I have five moving-violation-grade speeding tickets. Four of them were deserved, the latest was entirely bogus, and Sgt. Millenburger knows he is a chicken$&!# fraud and his municipal court defines kangaroo...

But grudges don't help anything. Big picture, Pat, big picture...

6% of my driving is done in the state of Kansas, the balance in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. Care to guess the percentage of tickets come from Kansas? Did you guess 80%? You win!

There's no recourse for my unjust ticket in Olathe Municipal Court. It's a money machine. But I can warn my friends. Slow down in Johnson County, especially by the inspection station when you first roll into Olathe from the south. Sgt. Millenburger is often there.

Also I spend $5.25 for toll each way 12 times a year. $126. Hello scenic byways, goodbye revenue. Fill up my gas tank at the Hwy. 177 exit in Oklahoma, and when I re-enter I-35 on the return trip home. Goodbye revenue. Meals? No, fill up on bloody marys, vegetable sticks and popcorn for free at the Drury. And a hearty breakfast, too. Other than lodging, I will not spend one dime in Kansas. Not until I am fully paid back for the ticket, the expense of my appeal, and even the old tickets I deserved, plust interest. And then I'll keep going.

Boasting of my nasty spite? Okay, a little. But I suggest, when you get an unjust ticket away from home but where you will return, there are ways to get yourself a refund with a little discipline and patience.