On 5/27/05 9:21 PM, "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So now, I don't touch the carts because it's a pain to deal with them. It > could all be resolved quite easily. K-Mart already has rot iron gates in front > of the store. Do not let the carts leave the store and have people drive up to > get their stuff. But, they don't want to do that so we are stuck with > abandoned grocery carts. > > At least fining the store where they came from might incent them to actually > come and pick the dang things up once in awhile.
While I think Barb's suggestion sounds reasonable, it's been tried before (along with a number of other approaches) and hasn't worked very well. Here's an older (and fairly entertaining) City Pages article on this topic of wandering carts. http://www.citypages.com/databank/20/950/article7217.asp I personally like the gadget with the sensor that would lock up the cart's wheels if it strayed too far from a store's property line. If only those could be weather-proofed... Mark Snyder Windom Park 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
