A big apple mistake
It is thought by some that “big city” city councils are smarter than “little city” city councils … more sophisticated … all that crap.
I’m here today to tell you that stupid decisions are made everywhere.
NEW YORK, NY November 16, 2009 —The city council has overwhelmingly approved a new five-minute grace period for certain parking violations before those bright orange tickets can be issued. However, Mayor Bloomberg is vowing to veto the bill. “A five-minute grace period is only going to lead to chaos, and enormous increases, I think, in contested tickets and arguments,” Bloomberg says.
But the council, which approved the rule by a vote of 47 to 2, has enough votes to override any veto. Supporters say they believe the five-minute rule will end a “ticketing blitz” by the Bloomberg administration, and a “gotcha” attitude by traffic enforcers. An analysis by The New York Times found that, last year, 276,000 tickets were written within five minutes of alternate side parking rules going into effect. Of those, 28,000 were written at the exact moment the rules took effect.
But, but, but…. what if I am within five minutes of the five minute grace period?
I’m with the Mayor on this one. This will create chaos and arguments up the wazoo.
I will be anxious to see if the Political Philosophy Class agrees with me?
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November 18th, 2009 at 7:07 am
“28,000 were written at the exact moment the rules took effect”.
Sounds like they have WAY to many people on the payroll to take care of parking tickets. No wonder the mayor is against the proposal. How are they going to pay the salaries and benefits for those people unless they write tickets?