[Mpls] No Tow Policy at Sluyter's Corner (was Usury laws - tow charges)

[Dyna]

	Listmembers will be happy to know that if they choose to abandon their 
SUV, Porsche, Mack, or Cat on the premises here at Sluyter's Corner it 
will probably not be towed. I'll even tolerate dumpsters if the scrap 
prices are high enough. Further, to secure these assets against 
unauthorized removal I keep a few chains handy, the kind you have to 
drag along because they're too heavy to carry. I consider anything of 
value left on my properties to be abandoned, to be disposed of at my 
pleasure...

	Since implementing this policy I have never had to enforce it. One 
contractor working on the next lot was under the impression that he 
could trespass a bit onto my lot to give himself a bit of "working 
room". I covetously eyed up his late model mid sized Ford tractor with 
backhoe and bucket, brought out a chain and padlocks, and explained my 
"no tow" policy to him. Thenceforth he was most respectful of the 
property line.

	On a more serious note these folks that think they can use someone's 
loading dock for free parking cause far more expense for the property 
owners or leasees than they pay in even inflated towing charges. For 
example, for the past few weeks the loading dock at the Loring Post 
office has been repeated blocked by idiots who think nobody works there 
after the front door is closed. In reality most deliveries are made at 
night and on weekends, and those selfish idiots blocking the loading 
dock are delaying mail for thousands of people. We've been tolerant of 
this in past, but our patience is wearing thin. Perhaps some well 
publicized federal prosecutions for delay of the mail, a federal crime, 
will solve this problem? Sadly, it seems that the only thing some 
people understand is having to take a long cab ride to an impound lot 
in the middle of nowhere to spend a couple of hundred dollars to get 
there car back.

	So if folks don't want to be "victims" of overpriced private property 
towing simply don't park on private property without permission.

		standing by with the big chain and 4x4 in Hawthorne,

			Dyna Sluyter

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