Spokesman-Review Letter to the Editor
Enforce parking laws
Regarding the Jan. 23 article “City faces slippery, uphill battle” about the problems of parked cars on the streets in the way of snowplows. There should be a year-round enforcement. Spokane is a city of junk cars on the streets.
In my neighborhood, there are dozens of cars that haven’t been driven or moved in months. I sent two emails to our former mayor about this, suggesting that enforcing the laws already on the books might generate revenue to pay for sweeping the streets more than once a year. By mid-September, my neighborhood had not been swept, leaving gravel on the street from the previous winter. She didn’t bother to respond, so I responded by not voting for her.
I’ve been in cities that strictly enforce parking rules. My mother’s neighborhood in Fountain Valley, Calif., has signs saying when the streets are swept, and parked cars will be ticketed. I saw a cop car behind the sweeper. Cars are ticketed facing the wrong direction. Maybe we should enforce our parking laws, and raise some revenue too.
Richard Trerise
Spokane
A good idea or overkill in your opinion?
2 comments:
I agree there are cars in the neighborhood still plowed in with the berm from the snow storm weeks ago that have not moved, cars with flat tires, etc. Why can we not use the streets for driving not huge parking lots for abandoned cars? There are areas where no room off the streets, but around here plenty of room to park off the streets.
I just found out something new @Charles- SCOPE (Spokane Community Oriented Policing Effort) volunteers are commissioned by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office to tag, ticket and tow abandoned vehicles parked on any county roadway for a long period of time. They have an Abandoned Vehicle Activity Report here: http://www.scopespokanewa.org/Abandoned_Vehicles.html
I know of a couple areas as well where beat up old junkers are rusting to pieces on the street. I guess it comes down to someone reporting them to SCOPE or they don't know to do anything about it.
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