Town Office Refuses To Accept Prez Dollars

A charlie card is use to ride the "T" in Boston. You load money onto a card and just swipe it to ride the train

Yeah, the name calling should be stopped...

Do people in LA still use French widely in everyday conversation? THAT IS SO COOL.

To all those that were offended by my use of the word "hicks", I apologize. But I would comment that to become offended by the use of a word is perhaps over reacting. And as to that word being "racist", that is the most ridiculous thing that I have heard in all my 64 years. But I realize that some people have to have something to complain about, and the major issues of the day, such as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the medical crisis that this nation faces, and not to mention, global warming, are not suitable for some. Enough said on my soapbox...I hope
dean shelton, a ridge-runner from Kentucky and proud of it. Now a Mainiac by adoption and proud of that too.

As MorgansRmine said, you have no case, they are under no obligation to accept the dollar coins or any other form of legal tender. Your only case would be to offer the dollars and document that the payment was declined (witnesses would be good) and then wait until you get a ticket then bring it up in court that you did make a legal attempt to make payment and it was declined. (Of course you DO still owe the debt an have to come so some wauy to make payment before a certain date, so you would probably still lose the case. But you should not have to pay any late fees because you weren't late.)

Interesting cajuncoin, can you actually trace your ancestry back to settlers in Nova Scotia in the 1700s?

For those that are not familiar, The Acadians were settlers of French origin who lived in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. They refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the British, and were allowed to swear an oath of neutrality in the early 1700s, because they did not wish to swear allegiance to France either... Later on, as tensions built up between the Britain and the France, the British decided to deport all Acadians when they refused to make the oath. I think something like 90% of the Acadian pop. was deported.

Oh, I almost forgot to comment on the topic ;) I agree, if they don't want to accept legal tender without a valid reason, don't pay.

If anyone has ever held a management position in a job that deals with a lot of cash transactions, you'll understand the position of the business a bit better. Making a cash deposit every night is pain enough, banks hassle you about everything. Throwing dollar coins in the bag just aggravates the issue. Not to mention minimum wage employees dealing with several different kinds of dollar coins. Suzy's, sac's that all have differing reverses, and now the four different presidents a year!! If we ever want to go to a dollar coin the first thing that will have to happen is a standard coin. Several different coins that all look different and are barely circulated doesn't incourage change.

If they were silver dollars they'd take them!