"Last Thursday about 10 cars were ticketed for parking in the normal unmarked spots.
I went over to the police station and the officer in charge stated there was a complaint about one car, so they have to give a ticket to any car not in a marked spot."
Huh? A complaint about one car results in about 10 cars - parked in spaces that don't block anybody - getting ticketed?
That kind reasoning would get an F on a logic test. But it would get an A on a city revenue-generation test! Let's see - 10 tickets at $40 apiece...that's 400 quick bucks for the city! Not a bad return for less than an hour of an officer's time.
I know the mayor of Aberdeen has a lot of folks pressuring him for action on many issues, including development, water, etc., but this one is so easy to solve! Heck, it would probably only take a few hours of a planner's time to replan out the available space, and less than a day of a city maintenance crew to restripe both sides of the train station and create 10-20 more spots and ease the crunch at least somewhat.
Let's all take action to remind our elected officials of the ease and wisdom of making public transportation viable in Aberdeen. Call, email or write them to remind them of their promises!
Or maybe it's time for the commuters to stop waiting for government to act and take matters into our own hands?
Fellow commuters: why don't we just pitch in and buy a $25 bucket of white paint. I'll bet they wouldn't notice if we slapped down new stripes ourselves and turned those "illegal" parking spots into "legal" ones.
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Huh? A complaint about one car results in about 10 cars - parked in spaces that don't block anybody - getting ticketed?
That kind reasoning would get an F on a logic test. But it would get an A on a city revenue-generation test! Let's see - 10 tickets at $40 apiece...that's 400 quick bucks for the city! Not a bad return for less than an hour of an officer's time.
I know the mayor of Aberdeen has a lot of folks pressuring him for action on many issues, including development, water, etc., but this one is so easy to solve! Heck, it would probably only take a few hours of a planner's time to replan out the available space, and less than a day of a city maintenance crew to restripe both sides of the train station and create 10-20 more spots and ease the crunch at least somewhat.
Let's all take action to remind our elected officials of the ease and wisdom of making public transportation viable in Aberdeen. Call, email or write them to remind them of their promises!
Or maybe it's time for the commuters to stop waiting for government to act and take matters into our own hands?
Fellow commuters: why don't we just pitch in and buy a $25 bucket of white paint. I'll bet they wouldn't notice if we slapped down new stripes ourselves and turned those "illegal" parking spots into "legal" ones.
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