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Red Phone, I have been wondering for the past 30 years or so,
why doesn’t the city pass an ordinance that bans vehicles parked on
the street during scheduled sweep days. It would be easier for the
operator and make for a cleaner street. I lived in El Segundo and
the city had ‘No Parking’ signs installed, and the city had someone
follow the sweeper and issue tickets. Just think of the
revenue.
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“Red Phone, I have been wondering for the past 30 years or so, why doesn’t the city pass an ordinance that bans vehicles parked on the street during scheduled sweep days. It would be easier for the operator and make for a cleaner street. I lived in El Segundo and the city had ‘No Parking’ signs installed, and the city had someone follow the sweeper and issue tickets. Just think of the revenue.”
Dear Think of the Revenue,
Red Phone contacted Program Administrator Anthony Eulo, who said there is no question that cars parked in the way on street sweeping days prevent the sweeper from getting the streets as clean as possible.
“The city encourages all residents to park their cars off of the street on sweeping day – which is the day after the biweekly recycling collection day,” he said.
While passing an ordinance is a relatively inexpensive process, enforcing this suggested ordinance would be very costly. “No Parking” signs would need to be installed throughout the city at a very significant cost and then police officers would need to patrol the streets looking for violators.
“If a parking fine was $40, about one-half of the revenue would remain in the city and the remainder would be sent to other agencies,” Eulo said. “We would not expect the fine revenues to come close to covering the cost of the signs nor the enforcement costs.”
In addition to the expense, he said, there would undoubtedly be many residents that wouldn’t appreciate the new signage.
“The city’s streets currently have relatively few signs which adds to the natural appeal of the community,” Eulo said. “Overall, I think that the community will be much better off if people police themselves and remember to move their car on the appropriate day.”
Red Phone can’t help but agree.
Target needs to bag for disabled
“I have a question about the Target shopping center, in regards to them not having any baggers to put the groceries into the cart. I’m disabled and it seems like I have to practically beg them to do it for me. They don’t have any baggers at all. I thought that maybe they could have at least one or two for the checkout counters when they are needed. Me and my wife go there every week and spend $100 to $200 a week. This is kind of a big problem for me.”
Dear Bagged, Red Phone sent an e-mail to Target Public Information Officer Sonja Pothen March 11 and never heard back. So, a suggestion. Speak to the manager and relay your concerns. In these trying times, accommodating a good customer just makes good business sense.
