North County Times - Coastal - Oceanside consultant registers complaint with city

North County Times - Coastal - Oceanside consultant registers complaint with city

Apparently "Ticketgate" just won't die; or rather, ex-Mayor Terry Johnson's supporters won't let it die. Within a half-month earlier this summer, two of Johnson's supporters (and Johnson himself) were given tickets due to various minor traffic infractions. The first to complain was local nut Lawson Chadwick (who wasn't even one of the people to receive a ticket); an investigation was done, and the allegations were found to be baseless.

Now, "political consultant" Jack Orr has filed his own complaint, several weeks after the fact. He accuses the officer of "schadenfreude" (German for "shameful joy", or joy taken at the expense of others). Schadenfreude, as far as I know, is hardly a crime; if it were, I would undoubtedly be serving consecutive life sentences.

I'm not sure what Orr thinks happened; that he was stalked by an Oceanside PD officer because of his political views? That the officer took every effort to look up the make and model of the car he used, and the routes he took to and from his workplace, just waiting, waiting for his opportunity to give Orr a ticket for going 23 mph over the speed limit. The fiend!

Dude, seriously. Just go to traffic school already!