The more things change, the more they remain the same!

In a post earlier in January I was talking about the big snow of '79 (?) when it was impossible to get off Columbia Pike into the Dorchester Apartments parking lot where we lived. So the car was left on the Pike, as far out of the main flow as possible and our cars were ticketed.

WELL, this is an excerpt for the news about the latest Blizzard in DC:
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The nation's capital knows all too well how to tap into taxpayers' wallets. And, nowhere was that more evident than during the aftermath of Winter Storm Jonas.

Since the blizzard began last Friday, the District of Columbia has issued $1,078,000 worth of parking tickets. That's right...
The city has slapped motorists with $65,600 in fines, too. More than 600 cars were towed during the city's snow emergency which expired Wednesday.

The tickets were shelled out to vehicles parked in the way of plows that were trying to clear streets from curb to curb. Any cars deemed to be hazards or barriers to snow removal were towed at the owner's expense to the tune of $100 plus a $25-per-day fee until they pick up their cars.

Update: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is voiding tickets handed out on Jan. 22, the first day of the storm.

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I ask myself, what is a citizen to do with their car?   Notice the Mayor has voided the tickets of Jan 22 but not 23/24/25.  That should solve the problem. With no more moving traffic that there was, why did the roads need to be cleared curb to curb?

The ticketing is decided by some government official.  WOW, we can refill the city coffers now, not caring if it is on the backs of the working public who had VERY LITTLE alternative!

To me it is a simple example of how Government officials seem to lose their sense of common sense when they get into a position of authority.  This in the SEAT of our NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.  The disease of greed seems to fester there.

       

The cool dude's snowplow!

I am smiling now during our presidential races.  Notice the promises?  DO you hear what I AM GOING TO DO WHEN ELECTED?
FREE EDUCATION, FREE ICE CREAM, FIX THE ECONOMY, STOP ALL WARS, END POVERTY.

It seems to be: Find out what THEY want and promise to give it to them. (you can ticket them later!)

Nite Shipslog

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Poor folk Snow plow..

Real rich folk's snow plow! A Rolls Royce