The issue here is money. I understand the need to keep the streets open. But four or five inches of snow is not a disaster. This snow will be gone by this weekend.
I live in a relatively lightly populated area and had a truck parked on a street which had been plowed once and got a ticket. The scrupulous agent noted "plowed in." Yeah, the windrow was about 4" high. Are we hiring people from Kuwait to determine the severity of our driving conditions? Remember the movie "Airport" and its Conga Line of snow plows clearing the runways? Well Monday morning, I noted a Conga Line of heavy duty plows barreling down 41st street, keeping it open in case a plane wanted to land. If the City Departments are going to survive the projected budget cuts, they are ALL going to have to learn to perform their functions in a more economical manner. This is just a petty example. Ray Marshall Hiawatha --__--__-- Message: 6 From: "Leurquin, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:07:39 -0500 Subject: [Mpls] (no subject) While I agree with his point, we need to consider how much money the city makes from the tickets for illegal parking tickets. <snip> These tickets of course are handed out in only our most densely populated areas, not all areas.<snip? Ronald Leurquin Waite Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
