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Updated: 4:54 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 | Posted: 7:26 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
El Paso, TEXAS —
Monday, he plans on asking Commissioners Court to suspend him for one day without pay, because, according to a letter, he wants to "lead by example, not exception." He declined to be interviewed about this decision. In the letter, he said the suspension would cost him about $180 worth of pay, which more than covers the city's parking fine of $125.
As KFOX reported, a parking enforcement officer walked by Melendez's car while it was parked illegally, and did not issue a ticket. After being asked by KFOX if he should have received one, he replied, "They should have brought it to my attention I was parked there."
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