To [email protected] Nathan Hunstad�s post pointed out that there were a lot of plowed in cars remaining on the street in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. He writes he is shocked at what he determines to be lack of law enforcement in that area. As a retired police officer who has worked that area tagging and towing during Snow Emergencies I find the need to respond. Minneapolis does a fine job of plowing considering the high number of inconsiderate people or ignorant who do not comply with the parking restrictions after a heavy snowfall. The city has done many things in the past 32 years to encourage motorists to comply and no matter what they do the cars still remain illegally parked in extremely large numbers. The Uptown area is heavily crisscrossed with Snow Emergency Routes. Unfortunately due to the high concentration of residents in that area and the lack of off street parking, this part of Minneapolis finds a large number of violators. Nathan goes on to say that since the violators were not towed, a long stretch was not properly plowed and many cars have gotten stuck in the mess created there. The blame should not be on the city as they do a fantastic job. The blame should be on his neighbors who were the reason for the mess. I can go into a lengthy explanation on how this all comes about and the terrific job the city goes through to get cars off the street, but I will hold off on that for a while. Bill Lundquist -------Original Message------- From: Nathan Hunstad Date: 01/26/05 19:38:24 To: [email protected] Subject: [Mpls] City declares snow emergency >Most of the others were the number of cars I saw plowed in in the uptown area. Yes, there were a lot of cars plowed in near Uptown. What was shocking to me was how lax enforcement seemed to be in the area, especially on Saturday. Cars were supposed to be off the even sides of side streets by 8 AM, but cars that were still there were not even ticketed by early afternoon, and none were towed. Tickets seemed to be handed out earlier on Sunday. Since those scofflaws weren't towed, though, a long stretch of my street was not properly plowed. Since this weekend, many cars have gotten stuck in the mess created there. That's not fair to people who took the time to move their cars. === Nathan Hunstad CARAG Minneapolis, MN PGP DH/DSS public key -- http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower/nhpubkey.txt ________________________________________________ Do you Gonzo?! http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list.
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