Maybe a Reason California is going broke

This is a story about a girl in California who started her week the normal happy way with the sun shining and the music coming from the radio.

I was driving down the road and all of a sudden I get pulled over. It was my first time getting pulled over in California. Yes I was speeding so that is what i was being pulled over for, but no. I was being pulled over for a warrant for my arrest. These were the words used by the LA sheriff. I begin freaking out.

My first thoughts went to my debt. I thought maybe I missed a payment, maybe there was something else I was missing debt wise. I was totally confused as to what was going on. Then the officer comes back with my ID and my paperwork. He asks me who is "Antonio Jermaine". I have no clue who that was.

So my first reaction was to find out what the heck was going on. I started my librarian super research detective skills. I found out that the warrant was placed on my license plate last November for a ticket that was issued to the previous owner of my car for only having a license plate in the back. This was corrected but the previous owner did not report it was corrected so the city of LA issued a warrant for this persons arrest.

This was all discovered through multiple phone calls and multiple trips to the police station. Now it is a week later and the warrant is still attached to my license plate and the solution that the police have is for me to change my license plate number. This will cost me money and time to visit the DMV. The police did have a quicker solution if I go to AAA and let them deal with the new plates and the registration for the new year.

Before I can do that I need to get a smog check and to do that I need to get an oil change and maintenance done. To top it all off I need to get new tires that is the side note.

In my opinion, California is going broke because they are wasting time with rediculous warrants for a missing from license plate instead of solving the larger challenges the state faces like unemployment, education or crappy roads.