Your post gives further evidence that the city departments responsible for street cleaning and snow removal don't communicate very well with the public. Yes, they posts the signs "By Police Order." But if they actually enforce the rules/laws/times posted in some neighborhoods, but not others, then there is a problem. I'd like to know why at 6:30 am on Lasalle Ave between Grant and Oak Grove, the car towing companies are lined up like vultures waiting and drinking coffee; at the stroke of 7:00 am they swoop in and start towing. In neighborhoods where most people own their homes and there is adequate off-street parking, this doesn't happen. In fact, there is very little, if any, towing. I remember this from when I lived in Lynnhurst and Longfellow neighborhoods.
These differential practices make the city look bad. It is very much like traffic control. There is enforcement in certain areas, but not in others. It seems to me that city staff have a priority list, in which certain neighborhoods are marked as strategic and are given high priority for street cleaning/snow removal, and thus the consistent towing. But if something happens, the snow plow may not show up, but the tow trucks have racked up their fees. I perceive the city to be acting arbirarily, in the interest of convenience for city staff, without much regard for the citizens who live in these neighborhoods. The city can't just stonewall the public when they call to complain about these policies. The city needs to communicate more with the public and the staff has to be more honest about how they implement these policies. I would hope that a mayor with such a distinguished background in public relations, that the city departments responsible for public works would take Public Relations 101 and schedule their work with that in mind. David Wilson Loring Park On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Constance Nompelis wrote: > > --- Emilie Quast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fall street sweeping has begun in SE Minneapolis, > > and once again, just like > > last year, the streets are full of leaves and cars. > > > > The cars are NOT being ticketed OR towed. > > CN: That's funny because a ton of cars were towed > from my block, just off Franklin Ave. The city had > posted signs on Friday for towing on Monday, and come > Monday morning, I don't think there was one sign left. > (Except of course, in the street and in my > flowerbeds...) So all these cars were sitting out > there, and I watched quite a few of them getting > hauled off. What's more is that last winter, there > were quite a few occasions where cars were towed for > plowing, but the plow NEVER CAME. > > Don't get me wrong, I think that towing needs to > happen in circumstances where there presence impedes > the performance of city services. I just find it odd > that so many folks talk about cars not getting towed - > in places that aren't North Phillips. > > Connie Nompelis > Ventura Village > MRC > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
