Dear Pasadena Parking Police: This means war (of peaceable nature, of course)

Today I got yet another parking ticket. This is my third in two weeks, and at $36 a pop, you can imagine I am not a happy camper(or rather, urban dweller). The first ticket was fair, and I will cheerfully pay it, as it was due to a momentary carelessness in not thoroughly reading the parking sign. The second was not exactly unjust, but certainly illogical and extremely frustrating. The third? Completely ridiculous.

This morning, I parked at about 4:50 a.m. around the corner of the store(in the 4 hour parking) to avoid getting a ticket like I had the previous Friday when it was parked in the 2 hour parking in front of the store. A parking cop came up to us at 5:25 a.m. and asked if our cars were in the front of the store. I told him mine was around the corner. "Is it a green Mazda?" he asked.
"Yes," I said.
"I already ticketed it," he said. "There is no overnight parking in Pasadena from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m."
"I didn't overnight park," I said. "I just parked it a half an hour ago. Can you take the ticket back?"
" It's already in the computer, I can't take it back. There is no overnight parking".
"Ummm.... Officer.....Garcia, is it? Once again, I was not overnight parking. I just got here. Where do you suggest we park? We just got tickets for parking here on Friday, so that 's why I parked around the corner. Do you see that this is a little unfair for those people who work early in the morning?"
"I'm sorry, I can see that, but there's nothing I can do about it."
"Can I speak to someone concerning this?"

I now have in my possession the name and number of the head of Pasadena's parking police. I realize the normal thing you are supposed to do is send in a written letter contesting your ticket(with the check), but I personally think it is a much better option to meet this guy face to face and have a real heart-to-heart.