Over-Regulation
Talk about your colossal waste of government resources:
At Wednesday's City Council meeting, Lyle introduced an ordinance that would require operators of every parking facility in Chicago that's not self-park to inspect vehicles for damage "in the presence" of the owner and provide "written notice" of that damage before the vehicle is parked.
"Such written notice shall be signed by the ... operator and vehicle owner or operator and identify the location and extent of damage," the ordinance states.
And who will be tasked with traffic control when lines of cars extend out onto the streets and block the orderly flow of vehicles? Or when attendants and citizens have a dispute over what damage existed on what vehicles at what time? Civil procedure exists for a reason - let it work and stop regulating every little facet of peoples' lives. The city is on the verge of financial dissolution and aldercreatures are worried about car-dings?
Labels: dumb ideas
posted by SCC at 1:02 AM
25 Comments:
Chicago alderthieves, overpaid nitwits in expensive clothing with body guards. A drain on city resources.
DOH !!!!
Dear alderpersons,
I already have parents. And you aren't either of them.
Knock it off. I don't need YOU to regulate my ingestion of foie gras. I don't need YOU to regulate my intake of trans fats. I don't need YOU to tell me whether I can use a styrofoam cup. I don't need YOU to tell me pricisely how many feet I must drive from an uncontrollable bicyclist (it's three, by the way, thanks Mr. Mayor). And I don't need your nonsense edict that my car must be mutually inspected each time it is parked.
Just say no, for a change.
Legalize fois gras!
City council is the dumbest bunch of useless assholes in the world.
Typical Chicago City Council bullshit. The almighty holiness Lyle had her ride dented so she gonna make sure all parking lot pepe's kiss the ring on her fat little fingers.
Fuck those idiots.
That might be a good thing if done right, and save calls to CPD.
Car Valet walks around vehicle, 2-3 seconds, marks a diagram on the parking ticket, 1-2 seconds. So 5 seconds, maybe 7-8 10 tops if there is some discusssion. I rather have that than a call of a disturbance over what happened to my car dude.
If there is a traffic problem there now, then address that. What physical controls do they need to make it work safely and efficiently.
These overpaid, morons are continually exposing how REALLY STUPID they are with this silliness!
VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS on 22 Feb 2011.
It looks as if the local governments as well as the federal government are really trying to take over every aspect of your life. They act as if we're too stupid to think for ourselves.
Pretty soon are they going to have people escort us into public lavatories and explain the process?
my guess, some alderdork or a flunkie had auto damage after a valet parked their nice car. a simple matter has now become a kneejerk tragedy.welcome to chicago.now on to more serious stuff...let ban duck from restaurants.
Not effecting me since you don't find too many valet in the burbs. I rarely if ever spend my money in this crap city
Waste of oxygen/space she is.
Someone needs to tell Fran it is the Odometer that records miles driven, not the Speedometer.
And this actually suprises anyone. What else would you expect from a card carrying idiot like Lyle. She's a racist tool put there by the other racist tools who reside in her ward. Pretty simple once you realize who and what she is.
Not effecting me since you don't find too many valet in the burbs. I rarely if ever spend my money in this crap city
3/13/2010 07:15:00 AM
Couldn't agree more!! I used to think people who went out of the city/county to shop were morons wasting their time. But after going into Indiana a few times for major purchases/dinner/movies/gas, it's well worth it. If you plan it right, you can get to Dyer/Scherville in about 25 minutes. Spend the day out there with the wife shopping, grab a nice dinner, see a movie for $5!!!, and fill up with gas on the way back. Fuck this city/county/state!!!!
These aldercreatures come up with some wierd ideas for ordinances. I think we can do better. Let's give them some suggestions: It shall be against the law in Chicago to: Wear socks or underwear more than two days in a row without washing them. Put ketchup on steak. Walk in any public place with muddy feet. Step on any sidewalk crack. Appear in public without shaving. Eat food without a napkin in your lap. Pass gas without asking someone to pull your finger. You know important stuff like this to justify 100K+ and an expense accout.
This is up there with a mandatory court appearance for a stop sign violation.
Typical Democratic wanting to control all aspect of people's lives.
I can't wait until November for the mid term elections and this country will be taken back by the people and the Socialists and Barry will be made inconsequential.
Vote Em All OUT!!!!!
Just speculation here but she may have submitted an auto claim with her insurance company and had to pay a deductible for damages which she felt should be collected from valet company/insurer. Would be hard to prove valet caused damage unless she took photos of her car right before valet parked it and when she picked it up before driving it off the property. The date and time would need to be on photos, along with her parking ticket with date and time, in order to try to subrogate or collect from valet company or their insurance.
- A citizen
If there is a traffic problem there now, then address that. What physical controls do they need to make it work safely and efficiently.
3/13/2010 05:54:00 AM
You're kidding, right? Address traffic problems? Well, I'll give you a menu of "solutions" and you can pick from them:
1. Red light cameras (shortened yellow lights automatically included)
2. Speed humps
3. Roundabouts
4. Median flower planters
5. Bump-outs
6. A 4-way stop every intersection for 5 miles.
7. Low speed limits
8. Potholes (natures traffic calming!)
Should I go on? You assuming the city will address any problem rationally is absurd! Best case it they'll dump a bunch of do-nothing TMA's out there to ticket people. Just like how efficient O'Hare pickup/drop-off is.
Actually, SCC,this doesn't seem to be a bad idea.
You do the same thing with the agent when you rent a car, before ASSUMING CONTROL of it. I think this would be a good thing for people using the valet service AND the valets from bogus claims by shysters.
And I don't think it will slow things up very much;
valets would know that they have to be careful with someone else's property. I don't see this as a bad thing.
Okay everyone is bitching about the aldercreatures but recently they posted a very low percentage of police officers are actually registered voter. Come on boys and girls, get your asses out there and vote. Then and only then will you have something to bitch about. We have a very large voting block if it is used. Time to put up or shut up.
And by the way, fuck this fat pig and her rules, she is just another useless politician living off of our tax dollars.
This moron sounds like she could give Nancy Pelosi a run for control of the House of Reps.
It must be possible to play with yourself with one hand and operate a computer with the other.
You know what, Lyles has it right, except she can't see the answer that is staring her right in the face:
FUCK IT - outlaw valet parking. If your simple, privileged self can't park your own car without taking the small risk that it might get an owwie, then by all means park it on the street. You know, the street where it is perfectly safe thanks to our do nothing City Council.
Stupid restaraunt owners and their attempt to provide a service to customers. FUCK THEM! It's not like they pay taxes.
Bravo Alderwoman, you are addressing a critical issue. After all its not like you have constituents literally dying in the streets and general war being declared between roving groups of uneducated, self indulgent man-babies with guns.
Rome is burning and this idiot thinks preventing a ding is the critical issue of the day.
Go play your fiddle, you moron.
"It must be possible to play with yourself with one hand and operate a computer with the other.
3/13/2010 10:46:00 PM"
no.
not that charity isn't appreciated, but no, this one's just too easy.
it would be a lot easier to just run the car past two high res cameras to document any visible damage. They would have to keep the disc for a year.
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