DOES OBAMA RESENT CAMBRIDGE POLICE OVER UNPAID PARKING TICKETS?

It appears that during his time at Harvard (1988-1991) Barack Obama accumulated 17 parking tickets. On March 8, 2007 the Boston Globe reported that until January 26th, 2007, he had only paid two of them and did so late. On the 26th of January in 2007, the Globe Reports the balance of $375 was paid by credit card.

So why did he bother paying them in 2007 after not having paid them over 15 years earlier? Coincidentally or not, his presidential campaign was being launched two weeks hence.

In January, about when the Globe began asking local officials about Obama's time at Harvard, including any violations of local laws, someone representing the senator called the parking office to inquire about the decades-old tickets.

Say it ain't so!

Did Obama find the opportunity to use the Henry Louis Gates arrest to take a shot at the Cambridge police for harassing him with parking tickets? Perhaps Obama feels that he was the victim of racial profiling? Why hadn't he paid the tickets until it was politically expedient to do so? Maybe he was standing on principle.

Let's take a look at what kinds of infractions Mr. Obama committed:

Clippinger said her records show that Obama received the tickets between Oct. 5, 1988, and Jan. 12, 1990, for violations including parking in a resident-only area, blocking a bus stop, and failing to put money in meters.

Here is the entire Boston Globe article. Does anyone think Obama is willing to go public with his thoughts on these tickets?