Lawmaker picks bad time to park in wrong place

Mission Hills Representative Al Lane was in a hurry, and he figured he wouldn't be gone too long.

So he didn't think it was much of a problem to park his red Cadillac in front of what he thought was just a walkway at a Capitol parking lot.

The problem was, the spot he chose had white stripes across the pavement and signs on each side depicting a person in a wheelchair -- the international symbol for a designated "handicapped parking zone".

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