Link: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/12/17/2008-12-17_santas_sled_deserved_ticket_union_boss_s.html

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The Law's the law- even for Santa.

So says the tough-talking boss of the union representing the city traffic agent who ticketed Santa's sleigh in Brooklyn while he handed out presents to kids.

As neighbors and politicians demanded the summons be quashed Wednesday, James Huntley, who heads Local 1182, vigorously defended the agent who slapped a ticket on Chip Cafiero's SUV for double-parking.

Huntley said the agent didn't see Cafiero, but even if she had - Santa suit or no Santa suit - his SUV was double-parked and obstructing traffic along busy Third Ave. in Bay Ridge.

"We're not trying to ruin anyone's Christmas, not at all," he said, and he urged that the name-calling stop.

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