53 Cars Towed From UCF During Glenn Beck Event

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http://www.wftv.com/news/22999143/detail.html

53 Cars Towed From UCF During Glenn Beck Event

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dozens of people who parked at the University of Central Florida for an event say they were set up after their cars were towed. They said event parking signs directed them to a lot, but more than 50 cars in that lot were towed. People said those signs and their cars were gone when they got back.

A viewer contacted WFTV after his car was towed Saturday, along with 52 others. All of them were in line to recover their cars at an impound lot and all of them attended the Glenn Beck show at UCF.

The people parked in a Kappa Sigma lot. Mike Vedder thinks they were set up. He doesn't know if it was a dislike of the conservative commentator or money.

“Maybe the have a deal with the tow truck company or maybe they got kickbacks under the table," Vedder said.

They all said an event parking sign clearly directed them into the lot. Students at the fraternity wouldn't comment, but WFTV caught up with the owner of Orange County Towing and Recovery, Ronald Hulbert.

"I have a lot at stake, a lot invested. I'm not going to lose it over a $125 tow, times 53, times 53, it was a good day," Ronald Hulbert said.

Hulbert admits he's never towed that many cars in one day before; he said it took him at least eight hours to tow all the cars. Each driver had to pay cash, netting him more than $6,600.

Vedder also had to pay $25 for a cab ride to the tow company.

UCF said, out of 30 recent events, it hasn’t had a problem, but Vedder said this was his last at that arena.

“I won’t come to anymore. I'm going to tell everyone else it's not a place I want to be," he said.

WFTV was told to call Paul Gamble with Kappa Sigma, but he did not return any phone calls.
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  • arthurdentarthurdent Posts: 969
    I seriously doubt it was in any way related to Glenn Beck or his politics. I've seen this sort of scam many times before and it usually involves some sort of kickback deal between whoever owns the parking lot and which ever company does the actual towing.
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  • aerialaerial Posts: 2,319
    I can't believe they had to pay....that was a crime...fraud?
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    arthurdent wrote:
    I seriously doubt it was in any way related to Glenn Beck or his politics. I've seen this sort of scam many times before and it usually involves some sort of kickback deal between whoever owns the parking lot and which ever company does the actual towing.
    yeah it is a dirty scam, but it couldn't have happened to better people..
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Did you find this article strictly because someone had the name Vedder in it? :|:D
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    I wonder if someone did it so that they could collect parking money without the permission from the owner of the lot.

    That'll teach people to blindly follow a sign....they should have made sure that it was an official university lot!
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    That happens all the time. People will put a sign up in remote parking lots and collect 10 bucks from each driver... but, the lot is not theirs. They leave and when the owner of the lot sees cars illegally parked in his lot... he has them towed away.
    It happens here during big events such as the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl, Super Bowl, Marathon, etc...
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    How ironic is it that Glenn Beck "followers" would blindy follow a pack of other followers without questioning the validity of the pack's actions!

    :)
  • It's the world we live in and It's pretty fuckin sad. What if it were you and you came from out of town and didn't have the money to get your car back then what.

    yeah it is a dirty scam, but it couldn't have happened to better people..


    You know.... forget it you're not even worth it..
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    prfctlefts wrote:
    It's the world we live in and It's pretty fuckin sad. What if it were you and you came from out of town and didn't have the money to get your car back then what.

    yeah it is a dirty scam, but it couldn't have happened to better people..


    You know.... forget it you're not even worth it..
    based on your usual rhetoric i would have expected you to say the same thing had it been people going to an obama rally... :mrgreen:
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  • prfctlefts wrote:
    It's the world we live in and It's pretty fuckin sad. What if it were you and you came from out of town and didn't have the money to get your car back then what.

    yeah it is a dirty scam, but it couldn't have happened to better people..


    You know.... forget it you're not even worth it..
    based on your usual rhetoric i would have expected you to say the same thing had it been people going to an obama rally... :mrgreen:


    see that's the difference between you and me . I can dissagree with someones politics and still respect them as a person , but i would never think that anybody deserved this or think it was funny.
  • OnTheEdgeOnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    I do think this was wrong. But call me sick....it makes me laugh. Just picturing 50+ people standing around wondering where all their fucking cars went seems a little humorous to me. The other day at Home Depot I watched a guy stand in the parking lot with a cart full of shit and he couldn't find his car....funny as hell. But all in all, this was probably a scam and had nothing to do with politics. But if the tea partiers pulled something like this it would be headline news for a month.
  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    How ironic is it that Glenn Beck "followers" would blindy follow a pack of other followers without questioning the validity of the pack's actions!

    :)

    it's cuz the worlds full of sheep!!!!!!!! Hahaha
  • OnTheEdgeOnTheEdge Posts: 1,300
    badbrains wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    How ironic is it that Glenn Beck "followers" would blindy follow a pack of other followers without questioning the validity of the pack's actions!

    :)

    it's cuz the worlds full of sheep!!!!!!!! Hahaha

    They were following signs.....that is what most drivers do.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    prfctlefts wrote:
    see that's the difference between you and me . I can dissagree with someones politics and still respect them as a person , but i would never think that anybody deserved this or think it was funny.
    OH PLEASE...spare me and everyone else this self righteousness...you disagree with me politically and do not respect me as a person, the same way you are with several people on this forum, and the same way you are with obama...no respect at all...
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