Odd/even parking now in effect year 'round ... good one, City Hall. What's next, odd/even garbage pickup?
As if parking your vehicle in front of someone else's residence doesn't stir that resident's ire; imagine what'll happen when someone places garbage on their lawn. Ah yes, but money is money. And there'll be plenty of money rolling into city hall from all those parking tickets and those receiving tickets from not placing their garbage on the right side of the street.
I know that after collecting so many parking tickets, a donut (a big yellow one) gets placed on your tire, your car gets towed to the impound lot and stays there until all the fines (tow and other fees) get paid.
I'm not sure what happens when you've acquired so many tickets for your trash being on the wrong side. Maybe that big yellow donut gets placed around your front door and your front door gets taken to the impound lot.
What is the reality of all this? It's a major inconvenience to have to run out at 5:58 p.m. every day to move the vehicle to the other side of the street. There's not always a convenient spot available. Sometimes it's halfway down the street and on occasion a block away! People used to having that particular parking spot usually have a few choice words to say. If not, they'll express their ire another way like breaking a wiper blade off, egging and soaping your vehicle or letting air out of your tires.
Tell Officer Friendly thanks, city hall. Thank you Mr. Understanding Citizen. You've all contributed negatively to problems that seem to have no happy ending, ever.
High prices, bad government, people blaming people for petty reasons? Ain't life grand?
Murray Lynch
Auburn
I know that after collecting so many parking tickets, a donut (a big yellow one) gets placed on your tire, your car gets towed to the impound lot and stays there until all the fines (tow and other fees) get paid.
I'm not sure what happens when you've acquired so many tickets for your trash being on the wrong side. Maybe that big yellow donut gets placed around your front door and your front door gets taken to the impound lot.
What is the reality of all this? It's a major inconvenience to have to run out at 5:58 p.m. every day to move the vehicle to the other side of the street. There's not always a convenient spot available. Sometimes it's halfway down the street and on occasion a block away! People used to having that particular parking spot usually have a few choice words to say. If not, they'll express their ire another way like breaking a wiper blade off, egging and soaping your vehicle or letting air out of your tires.
Tell Officer Friendly thanks, city hall. Thank you Mr. Understanding Citizen. You've all contributed negatively to problems that seem to have no happy ending, ever.
High prices, bad government, people blaming people for petty reasons? Ain't life grand?
Murray Lynch
Auburn
The Citizens' Say
There are 10 comment(s)
brew1234 wrote on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 AM:
horseradish wrote on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 AM:
What would you have done 100 years ago without a car at all. be lucky in you live in such an easy era, i guess. "
Leon Kapowski wrote on Jun 11, 2008 9:40 AM:
horseradish wrote on Jun 11, 2008 8:46 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 11, 2008 7:59 AM:
Or to someone who is sick and bedridden with flu for a week.
Or someone who wants to leave his/her car parked at home while away on vacation for 2 weeks.
It doesn't seem very fair or practical to me. "
Unknown... wrote on Jun 10, 2008 8:33 PM:
horseradish wrote on Jun 10, 2008 8:33 PM:
Stop whining, the short walk down the street to get in your car will do you good. "
Andy b wrote on Jun 10, 2008 2:35 PM:
Lynch's argument doesn't hold any water. "
brew1234 wrote on Jun 10, 2008 12:23 PM: