Copying Somerville sweeping policies to Cambridge?

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I live just outside Davis on the Cambridge side of the line and have a lesser of two evils question. Somerville apparently adopted a policy to give $50 sweeping tickets, but not tow violating cars. How would people suggest promoting a similar change to the City of Cambridge?

Due to early focus on work Wed. morning, I missed moving my car for street sweeping and it's gone to a Cambridge tow yard. That means a trip to the yard, more than $100 to retrieve the car, AND pay a ticket that's $30 or so. (Old news to many previous "parking" posters.) A single $50 ticket would be SO much better than this. Are people familiar with what Somerville considered in making this change to the books, or what pushed them to make this decision?

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Former mayor Dot Gay began the policy of towing cars due to street cleaning. I think it was more for revenue than anything else. It was an unmitigated disaster and many believe it helped lead to her downfall. She lost in the primary in the next election cycle. The uproar about the cost people had to pay for towing was tremendous, and let's face it, everyone forgets occasionally.