Vent Time

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

So, yesterday was the 1st wednesday of the month and I get a ticket for streetsweeping. Fine, I haven't gotten any in a while, no big deal. So, I come back from work and park on the other side. As I was leaving this morning, my roommate tells me "They're ticketing you" and I'm like, what the hell now, so I go down, and I realize today is the 2nd thursday of the month. So, I'm out $100 in the space of two days. I like having clean streets as much as the next guy, but if arranging them on back to back days isn't exploitative, I don't know what is. I'm calling my ward alderman.

Comments

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Yep. And then the week after we get two in a row.

To the OC--I agree that it sucks, and maybe you can try to appeal it, but at the end of the day it's just one more thing you have to manage. We all do.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

I know I won't win so I won't try. I'm just miffed that I'm out $100 in 2 days.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it totally sucks that the tickets are $50/each.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Re: "...the week after we get two in a row" Don't they cancel street sweeping for Thanksgiving?

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Oh, I suppose so. But the theory holds true in a month where there isn't a fourth thursday holiday.