Clearly I am not the one being irrational when you keep trying to make this about me rather than stick to the topic of whether or not this a good policy for the people of Somerville.
What do you think the net effects of this policy changes have been? Do you really think the streets of Somerville are much safer now that people who are going to update their inspection stickers anyway are being fined on top of that. Perhaps the thinking behind this decision was that Brookline and Boston are going to steal our revenue if we don't do this too? I am not against getting a ticket for parking, expired registration, or inspection ticket.. The parking needs to be cleared, expired registrations usually come with reminders in the mail first and inspection stickers need to be done. What I am against is several tickets for it in a short time. What I would rather see is the courtesy of a warning first. And I would like to know that policy is being set based on what is best for all the stakeholders equally.
If I were being irrational like you, I would ask you about the time that you called the ACLU (http://davis-square.livejournal.com/1970968.html?thread=22957592#t22957592) because you got overcharged by a local retailer when their metrologic barcode scanner was set to multiple reads... You weren't happy with the fact that they apologized and immediately refunded your money.... .Apparently it was not enough for you and you still needed to report the incident to every overseeing government agency available.. But I am not going to ask you about that because unlike you, I am willing the stick to topic of whether or not this a bad policy without invoke your character, motives, or the ACLU...
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RE: How municipalities profit from poverty...
Date: 2014-09-10 12:04 pm (UTC)What do you think the net effects of this policy changes have been? Do you really think the streets of Somerville are much safer now that people who are going to update their inspection stickers anyway are being fined on top of that. Perhaps the thinking behind this decision was that Brookline and Boston are going to steal our revenue if we don't do this too? I am not against getting a ticket for parking, expired registration, or inspection ticket.. The parking needs to be cleared, expired registrations usually come with reminders in the mail first and inspection stickers need to be done. What I am against is several tickets for it in a short time. What I would rather see is the courtesy of a warning first. And I would like to know that policy is being set based on what is best for all the stakeholders equally.
If I were being irrational like you, I would ask you about the time that you called the ACLU (http://davis-square.livejournal.com/1970968.html?thread=22957592#t22957592) because you got overcharged by a local retailer when their metrologic barcode scanner was set to multiple reads... You weren't happy with the fact that they apologized and immediately refunded your money.... .Apparently it was not enough for you and you still needed to report the incident to every overseeing government agency available.. But I am not going to ask you about that because unlike you, I am willing the stick to topic of whether or not this a bad policy without invoke your character, motives, or the ACLU...