A woman's quest to erase a past that won't die

[NicholeW.]

A woman's quest to erase a past that won't die
By Jessie L. Bonner, AP
updated 3:58 p.m. ET, Fri., April 24, 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30390801

PAYETTE, Idaho - Catherine Carlson threads through the discount store, her hiking boots clopping against the linoleum. She is numb to the shoppers who glance curiously as she plucks a pair of long underwear from a sales rack.

Cold sneaks through the walls of her trailer home, but this is the only remedy she can afford. At checkout, Catherine writes a $15 check. The clerk with the "Deb G" name tag examines the signature and runs her eyes over Catherine — the side-swept, faded blond hair, large knuckles, blue jeans and plaid work shirt.

[Shana A]

A woman's quest to erase a past that won't die
30 years after gender-reassignment surgery, woman's past as a man lingers

By Jessie L. Bonner
updated 3:58 p.m. ET, Fri., April 24, 2009

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30390801/?gt1=43001

PAYETTE, Idaho - Catherine Carlson threads through the discount store, her hiking boots clopping against the linoleum. She is numb to the shoppers who glance curiously as she plucks a pair of long underwear from a sales rack.

Cold sneaks through the walls of her trailer home, but this is the only remedy she can afford. At checkout, Catherine writes a $15 check. The clerk with the "Deb G" name tag examines the signature and runs her eyes over Catherine — the side-swept, faded blond hair, large knuckles, blue jeans and plaid work shirt.

Under the harsh fluorescent lights of the Bi-Mart, Catherine's narrow face is mapped with fine lines and abandoned by cosmetics. She ignores the unwelcome survey of her appearance.

[tekla]

A police officer pulled her over and found that her driver's license was suspended. He wrote her a ticket.

Moral of the story.  Keep your legal stuff straight.  Her license wasn't just 'suspended' for no reason.  And she ought to consider herself lucky in at least one way.  Had that been Cali, or a number of other states, driving with a suspended license is a felony, considered contempt of court, and you go to jail, and your car is impounded and often sold (in a similar manner to being caught transporting drugs in it, the car itself is part of the crime). 

And, as sad as it is, the end you have this...
She was jailed four times. She failed to appear for court-ordered community service, drove without her license and was held in contempt of court because she was "semi-indignant" to the judge, the county sheriff says.

And then this...
In a county without decent public transportation, she still drives without a license

Which also means she is driving without insurance too.