Comments on: City reminder: Don’t park your cars illegally…

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:48:26 +0000

Mike wrote:

Let me get this straight.
1. There was a complaint.
2. The complaint was found to be valid.
3. The ILLEGALLY parked cars were ticketed.

Am I missing something? I honestly don’t see what the issue is.
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I agree Mike. The cars were illegally parked according to Sec. 1107.1906 of the City ordinances and Sec. 129.05 gives the Comm. of SB & H the authority to issue tickets. Hate to admit it, but the Mayor is right on this one.

If you think the law is a poor one, your complaint is with the City Council-they passed it 11-1.

By: Nate Clevenz

Nate Clevenz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:25 +0000

We have gone through Sue Frederics bullshit for years about parking on our gravel and on a concrete slab in the back yard that she said was not concrete, phoey! nomatter what there are state and federal laws to protect the average citizen from people like her and Carty they just have to be enforced. Also Lisa the ammendment that first stated concrete or asphalt was in 1996 I am on my laptop otherwise I would scan a copy for you.~Nate

Rick Gerbeck wrote:

I was led to believe that the residents in this area were grandfathered in due to the fact that it is an area with unimproved uncurbed streets. I received tickets in 2006 (A Carty Shakedown again) for this same violation. Needless to say I have not and will not ever pay these tickets. It is gravel.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:53:56 +0000

Columbo-

I apologize for my earlier posts. I only read what was in the article above. I assumed the illegally parked vehicles were in front of hydrants, over sidewalks, etc. Once I learned the specifics, I completely changed my tune. I guess I was guilty of premature opinionation

By: michael l. friedman

michael l. friedman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:18:48 +0000

HANG IN THERE TOLEDO, IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS CARTY WILL BE LONG GONE, KEITH WILKOWSKI WILL BE MAYOR, A PROFESSIONAL AND AN ATTORNEY AT LAW WHO KNOWS HOW TO READ LAWS AND HAS TEMPERMENT FOR THE JOB

By: dalepertcheck

dalepertcheck — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:53:49 +0000

Here’s my question: If Ms. Fredericks has enough time on her hands as an acting commissioner to get involved directly in what is IMHO a rather trivial matter, is it possible for a reorganization within the city’s administrative offices to consolidate administrative duties and eliminate a few of these highly paid executives so that Toledo could keep more police officers on the streets? Toledo could probably bring back at least 3 officers for every 2 of these “leadership” jobs that are eliminated.

By: Brian Maxson

Brian Maxson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:20:15 +0000

oh to know how cool I was around the water cooler to know the exclusive on Carty’s recent “out-of-his-league” event.

I got extra bonus points for knowing Sue Fredricks’ name when it got to that point in the convo lol

I’m so proud and knowledgable because of this site.

By: kateb

kateb — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:05:42 +0000

And this story made the A.P. You can find it on CNN, Fox, Drudge – whatever your poison of choice is.

Here’s the AP text:

“Tuesday, June 16, 2009

TOLEDO, Ohio — Residents of Toledo, Ohio, are complaining that they received $25 tickets for parking their vehicles in their own driveways.

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner says he stands by the citations handed out last week by the Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor. He says the tickets were issued under a city law against parking on unpaved surfaces, including gravel driveways.

During a news conference Monday, Finkbeiner ignored a reporter’s question of whether the crackdown and fines were related to the city’s budget crisis.

The three-term mayor faces a recall vote in November. Critics have claimed he has wasted city money.

City Councilman D. Michael Collins calls the ticketing “Mickey Mouse nonsense.” He has told residents he’ll try to have the citations rescinded,”

And there’s a video upon cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/06/16/dnt.driveway.parking.ticket.wtvg

So, another embarrassment played out on the national news…

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:32:10 +0000

Thanks for the reminder Jeff, I meant to edit out his choice of verbiage since the last thing I need is suggestions that he made a threat rather than a poor word choice. Actually right now since we don’t yet have one of those converter boxes the answer would be neither, but prior to that, we were a non-cable family so our differences would be reflected in our news website preferences.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:28:12 +0000

I've taken what we've learned since this began and have created an update to make it simpler to follow for those of you new to this topic.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:27:38 +0000

roman wrote:

Then my dear wife the folks that passed that ordinance should be (admin edit)

I just feel relieved because obviously in this household there is a difference of opinion on capital punishment.

So now the real question – which at your house: Fox News Channel or MSNBC?