IN LIEU OF PAYING THE FINES OUTRIGHT, WHICH I COULD NOT AFFORD- I OPTED TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE. I WAS TOLD TO APPEAR AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION OFFICES FOR 40 HOURS OF WORK. I REPORTED TO ANNE TRICKEY. SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME TO ADDRESS HER AS MX. TRICKEY.
IF I DID NOT, I WOULD "GO TO JAIL". I WAS SCREAMED AT TO DO VARIOUS THINGS:
1. SHREAD DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO A SUNSHINE REQUEST. TRICKEY DID NOT WANT TO TURN OVER THE DOCUMENTS.
2. RESPOND TO PEOPLE WHO WALKED INTO THE OFFICE WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STREET ARTIST PROGRAM.
3. TELL PEOPLE TRICKEY WAS NOT THERE WHEN SHE WAS.
4. I WAS THREATNED AT LEAST 4 TIMES BY TRICKEY THAT IF I DID NOT COMPLY-SHE WOULD, "THROW ME IN JAIL". I QUIT AND TOLD THE COURT WHAT HAPPENED. I PAID THE FINE AND NEVER RETURNED TO THE SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION OFFICES.