Student Newspaper Exposes Predatory Towing Problems In Maryland

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"The Diamondback" is a student newspaper, but still provided a high-quality article on predatory towing last month, click here, which revealed up to 60 percent of Maryland's towing companies might be considered "rogue towers."

In Maryland, most laws about towing are...

...left up to county governments, according to reporter Brady Holt, and this appears to be creating a regulatory hole which allows aggressive "snatch-and-grabbers" who "call themselves towing companies simply because they own a tow truck." Even the president of "Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland" sees a problem.

Predatory Towing King Of Frederick, Maryland Cries "Police Harassment"

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The police in Frederick, Maryland sound like they're doing a great job, making a vigorous effort to keep Clint "Predatory Towing King" Hoffman from running rampant. So what does the Predatory Towing King do...

According to this article, he cries "police harassment" and tries to catch incidents on videotape of his "victimization." Despite being more hated in Frederick, Maryland than people who don't scoop pitbull poop, Clint is running for MAYOR.

Yes, MAYOR.

I guess this must be a town where the position of dogcatcher isn't up for election.

If Clint Hoffman were running for Mayor, and a ham sandwich were running against him as a write-in candidate, I'm sure the ham sandwich would win, by a landslide. But on a positive note, whine-baby Clint Hoffman just caused me to write my very first Maryland entry, and put that state on the "Towing Utopia" road map.