...London
When you think of a fun, hip, beautiful, classy, trendy city outside of America, London is usually a top 3 answer. I love London, a lot of people do, it is like a smaller older New York City. However I have a bone to pick with London. London Mayor Boris Johnson is upset over unpaid Congestion Charges, also known as C-Charges, that he and the city claims America owes them. Johnson has fined the United States 120 pounds (nearly $200 U.S. dollars) in congestion levies 10 pounds per vehicle for the presidential motorcade used during Obama's state visit in May. Apparently they did not close any roads when the President was in town and that subjects him tot he charges. Obama's personal armored Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast", first escaped a fine because congestion charge cameras were unable to record its license plate number. London officials say that the American Embassy owes 5.3 million pounds ($8.7 million dollars) in unpaid congestion fines, which were first established in 2003. The Embassy defended its refusal to pay, citing the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which prohibits "this sort of tax on diplomatic missions." I do not fully understand this at all. I know that the roads in London, most of Europe period, are narrow, but there are exceptions you should always make when heads of states are in town. Whenever someone of Obama's caliber comes to Washington D.C. or New York City, they are treated with the utmost respect. This seems very silly on London's part and I do hope that this is all taken care of. I do not think we should have to pay at all, and I hope that we do not shell out a dime for these ridiculous charges. I am giving London a Digit Down f
or these absurd fines.
When you think of a fun, hip, beautiful, classy, trendy city outside of America, London is usually a top 3 answer. I love London, a lot of people do, it is like a smaller older New York City. However I have a bone to pick with London. London Mayor Boris Johnson is upset over unpaid Congestion Charges, also known as C-Charges, that he and the city claims America owes them. Johnson has fined the United States 120 pounds (nearly $200 U.S. dollars) in congestion levies 10 pounds per vehicle for the presidential motorcade used during Obama's state visit in May. Apparently they did not close any roads when the President was in town and that subjects him tot he charges. Obama's personal armored Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast", first escaped a fine because congestion charge cameras were unable to record its license plate number. London officials say that the American Embassy owes 5.3 million pounds ($8.7 million dollars) in unpaid congestion fines, which were first established in 2003. The Embassy defended its refusal to pay, citing the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which prohibits "this sort of tax on diplomatic missions." I do not fully understand this at all. I know that the roads in London, most of Europe period, are narrow, but there are exceptions you should always make when heads of states are in town. Whenever someone of Obama's caliber comes to Washington D.C. or New York City, they are treated with the utmost respect. This seems very silly on London's part and I do hope that this is all taken care of. I do not think we should have to pay at all, and I hope that we do not shell out a dime for these ridiculous charges. I am giving London a Digit Down f
or these absurd fines.
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