[Sca-cooks] Pennsic history

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> They and the local economy profit get a substantial boost from  
> Pennsic. Some of you may remember a number of years ago that several  
> PA state troopers sat just down the road pulling folks over and  
> ticketing them for having the parking permit tags hanging from their  
> mirrors. IMHO, this was strictly a stunt to fill the local tax  
> coffers. That cost many SCA folk money they were needing for gas and  
> meals to get home. When word got back to Pennsic, and the Coopers,  
> apparently the Coopers made a few calls and the troopers disappeared  
> not to reappear in succeeding years.

Just FYI, I believe those were local cops, and legend has it, from the 
next town over. The place where the alleged incident occurred wasn't, 
from all I have heard, a state or federal highway. Also, I'm not aware 
of ANY locality in PA that requires, or even allows, you to pay the 
tickets on the spot.

-- Jadwiga

"History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it screams
'Why don't you ever listen to me?' and lets fly with a club."