. >> and as he has been dealing with the process of proving his virginia rezzdepsy, the tickets keep showing up. >> a big arrow please do not ticket me. >> since the beginning of last year d.c. has handed out more than 82,000 tickets for failure to have d.c. tags. and while many people pay the tickets others do go downtown to appeal it like this student. >> i was going to contest it but i'm running out of money and change so i'm just going to pay. >> more than 24,000 d.c. tickets have been appealed since the beginning of last year and nearly 19,000 were dismissed a 78% dismissal rate. >> it's outrageous. >> city leaders say what you can do is address the issue. prove your out-of-state residency. >> i want to take a look at what the warning says. maybe it should be more draconian or this is really serious. >> many still argue the ticket is seriously unfair. >> the city itself