Richard
Bradenton,#2UPDATE Employee
Mon, June 11, 2012
"On dash in plain view" = still applied to backing paper and stuffed down in the windshield so that less than 1/2" of it is visible above the dash, making it nearly impossible to tell it's a permit. Looks more like a parking lot or valet stub.
Please see photo of vehicle before it was towed: evidence photo (hosted on imgur.com, no personal information is included in the photo)
"Incompetence of their drivers" = a large claim to make based on one experience with one driver and one tow that was at least partially your fault for not clearly displaying your permit.
When you stack the odds against the driver by not clearly displaying a permit you're likely to be towed. In the end it worked out for you as the vehicle was no-charged and all you suffered was some minor inconvenience to pick it up at the nearby storage lot, less than 4 miles from the apartments, which hardly qualifies as "one big nightmare" in reality.
In a perfect world, no, your vehicle would not have been towed. It would have also clearly displayed the permit as the other legitimately parked vehicles on the property do.