John Kerry was fined for not shoveling his snow

The city of Boston fined Secretary of State John Kerry $50 this week when he didn't shovel the snow in front of his Beacon Hill home. Kerry was in Saudi Arabia for the funeral of King Abdullah, but that apparently wasn't a good enough reason to avoid being fined.

The Boston Globe reports that a snow removal company saw Kerry's house blocked off by yellow hazard tape, which was meant to warn pedestrians about falling snow and ice from the building's roof. But the company thought it was police tape, and didn't clear the walk. When they understood that they were indeed allowed to enter the area, the company cleared Kerry's sidewalk late Thursday morning.

"Diplomats — they're just like us," Kerry's spokesman Glen Johnson said to the Globe." The snow has all been shoveled now, the secretary will gladly pay the ticket, and let's hope this is the last blizzard of the year."

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