After finding out that 80% of his on-campus parking ticket was actually going to fund other schools in that area, and not UNC-Charlotte, Stephen Coyle decided to the best way to change the system was to raise awareness. He knows he messed up and deserved the parking tickets. From what I’ve gathered, Stephen Coyle was living a ‘zero fux given’ lifestyle when it comes to parking, and racked up quite a few parking tickets before discovering that his fees weren’t going to his school, but the $$$ was getting spread around elsewhere. After finding out that only 20% of his parking tickets were going back into funding for his college (UNC Charlotte) he wanted to change the system.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A pattern of illegal parking for a local college student now has him protesting what his fine money’s being used for. And his way to send a message? Paying …