Street sweeping parking restrictions to be extended until 2:00 PM

[unferth.livejournal.com]

A year after Somerville instituted citywide parking permit restrictions, more sweeping changes have arrived. Street cleaning hours are being extended from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Since the city needs time to change signs and educate the public, no street cleaning tickets will be issued from noon to 2 p.m. until April, Meehan said.

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2010/11/street_cleaning_adds_to_somerv.html

I don't know how many people have been moving their cars to the restricted side of the road after noon but before 2:00 - certainly not me - but maybe someone will be affected by this.

Comments

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Of course! We'll need something to do with all those child laborers...

[turil.livejournal.com]

Obviously, my plan also involves a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) which supports the basic health needs (food, shelter, water, heating, education, etc.) for everyone, so that no on feels forced into doing work that they don't actually enjoy. That way only people who want the exercise and/or camaraderie or beauty or challenge or whatever of sweeping the streets will sweep the streets.

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

What happens if not enough kids people see the beauty or challenge or whatever of sweeping the streets to actually keep the streets clean? Do we... hire a company that specializes in street sweeping?

[turil.livejournal.com]

If no one wants to do the job, then it doesn't get done. Even the people working for the company are still going to have to want to do it for it to get done. I can see that some people are more lazy and want the machine to do all the work while they get paid, and sometimes that's what we end up needing to do, if there are no other options.

But, as is always the case with things that you want doing but can't find someone else to do, you can always do it yourself!