We Missed Snow Tow Night
Our favorite winter event in years past:
Brian Johnson went outside to start his girlfriend’s car in West Garfield Park early Monday when he saw his car getting towed because it was in violation of the winter parking ban. “My heart dropped. It sucked,” Johnson, 30, said. “I parked, literally, in front of my apartment, so to get that tow from my apartment is crazy.”
Johnson, who had to find a way to 103rd Street and Doty Avenue to retrieve the car, was one of 227 drivers who had their morning upended by the start of the parking ban. The ban is enforced on 107 miles of main streets from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. daily from Dec. 1 to April 1, according to the city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation.
The 227 tows on the first night of the ban were the lowest in four years and the second-lowest this decade. Last year, 244 cars were towed, while 263 cars were hauled away in 2023, according to the department.
Those who violate the parking ban will be towed and face a minimum $150 towing fee, a $60 ticket, and a storage fee of $25 per day. Vehicles are towed to auto pounds at 10301 S. Doty Ave. or 701 N. Sacramento Ave.
So a quick $53,345 ripped from taxpayer wallets, helped along by the seven-to-ten inches of snow over the weekend....which may have activated further snow route parking restrictions? We can't remember exactly.
It was also noted in the article (and a couple comment sections) that the city continued it's long standing tradition of NOT plowing the neighborhoods (and many main streets) until the snow tapered off and even then, taking their time getting there. So all those people who might have wanted to find alternate parking, couldn't, leading to more tows and more fines.
Labels: city politics, sarcasm AND silliness
posted by SCC at 12:09 AM
75 Comments:
Any officer who writes up a snow tow should be ashamed of themselves. One of the bigger bullshit money grabs the grifters, errr, city officials have come up with.
So.
Primary Main avenues.
Secondary Minor avenues.
Any side streets? Not yet.
Thus:
1. Pay Attention. Park not on Major nor Minor posted avenues.
2. Pay additional attention to any posted residential permit parking only side streets. No parky there.
3. Neither rent nor buy nor reside within buildings located upon any Major or Minor avenues. Exception is garage parking available. Use it.
4. Remember, any means that garners revenue will be used to: garner revenue.
Do the math.
My street still hasn’t been plowed. Sometimes they just never come and plow it. I have 4 wheel drive, so, I’m fine, but when I pay exorbitant taxes, it would be nice to have a plowed street.
The city of Chicago is ripping people off. It’s any way to take your money from you in the name of the city.
Anyone that took the COVID shit should get checked out
BREAKING STUDY: Anomalous Amyloid Microclots Found in 100% of the COVID-19 Vaccinated
In a cohort that was 94% vaccinated, every participant had amyloid microclots —the same pathology behind the large white fibrous clots now being pulled from corpses worldwide.
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Never happened to me. I also never get pulled over, never get speeding tickets, never get arrested. You think its my personal sense responsibility to follow the rules or something else?
Illinois is not adopting the new federal “no tax on tips” provision, meaning tipped workers in the state will still owe Illinois income tax on tips, even when those tips are exempt at the federal level.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/illinois-rejects-federal-no-tax-tips-rule-keeps-state-tax-tipped-income
The snow plow map showed many plows on the westside and few on the northwest side. Of course the neighborhood where everyone gets up to go to work should be plowed first.
Off topic but A5 PRT must have got some heat after someone saw the comments on here . They’ve been taking calls in 016 and 017 all week until at least 0012 now , before you wouldn’t hear them after 1900
Suckers
It's kind of ironic that in this town you have to come up with money to get your car out of the pound but if you rob someone or steal someone's car and get caught you get out of jail for free.
the city that works when they want to take your money but do nothing to get things fixed or replaced,,,,,,,,,, did the rev-runs and ka-moonity aktivits call these tows racist yet?
Of course the Plow Truck will take their sweet time doing side streets...the drivers make "How much an Hour"? Its always been they wont do side streets until the snow is over..the problem is light freezing rain mixed in towards the end of the snow making it icier.
This city needs money so why not, why’d you sign up for this job then?
But there is also going to be a new “paint tax” as follows
PaintCare fee details
$0.00: Half pint or smaller
$0.45: Larger than half pint up to smaller than one gallon
$0.95: One to two gallons
$1.95: Larger than two gallons up to five gallons
I always love guys like Brian. Going to start the girlfriend’s car. These guys are always driving their girls to work while they keep the girlfriend’s car all day and F off while their girl is at work.
The city never, ever tickets for the 2" snows, so why even have those signs?
I see cars plowed in almost every winter on the 2" streets & they just sit there covered in a couple of feet of snow, until it melts & someone finally calls the car in as abandoned & then the city tows it away, or the idiot owner moves it themselves!
Damn that's truly messed up. Really sad when you think about it.
"To me way hey tow them away". Lincoln Park Pirates
Steve Goodman
So, taxpayers pay the driver's salaries, benefits and pensions, then turn around and have to pay penalties when their vehicles are towed? Like tossing a gold coin to your executioner for a clean death! Also sounds like racketeering!
Just another reason not to live in Chiraq.
Part of the Christmas tradition
Vote democrat for more....
The 38th Ward does a crappy job of plowing. In fact most city services in that Ward are subpar.
How about move to a nearby suburb and not put up with this shit?
Heard the mayor stated, residents on the Northwest side should shovel their own streets.
You're just lucky!
No one cares
The old ethnic working class no longer have those jobs. The ghetto fabulous public school grads who can't read nor write now are paid for those jobs.
Anonymous
Any officer who writes up a snow tow should be ashamed of themselves. One of the bigger bullshit money grabs the grifters, errr, city officials have come up with.
12/02/2025 12:22:18 AM
Any officer who fails to do his or her job should be fired you fucking idiot. I’m glad to have retired 4yrs ago because cpd is an absolute clown show…..
I liked the guy who got towed, had an expired city sticker and couldn't get his car until he got it renewed.
Yikes
Har-de- fucking- har har!! Ya got what you wanted...New York is gonna find out themselves about electing a fucking idiot as their mayor...GOOD AND HARD.
Chicago sucks. End of story.
NEVER buy any property in Chicago that does NOT have a deeded parking spot or better yet a garage!
You reap what you pay for!
So two days ago I stopped by my buddy’s house over in the area of Forest Preserve, Irving, Ottawa area.
Every residential street totally buried just a faint depression of tire tracks.
I go to work later that day in 003…..
Streets cleared and salted.
Interesting.
The ghetto gets plowed and salted.
Tax paying areas home to city workers still buried in snow.
Of course.
Only in Chicago...this has been going on for decades. The signs are up all year long. It's not like it is some great big surprise...yet the media does a story on it every year. Has anyone put out lawn chairs and 2 x 4's to save a space that they shoveled out yet? Again...only in Chicago.
What?
And give it to, you know who.
You must live in mt greenwood where the streets are ice. I'll bet all the Englewood streets are clean
88 people in that study. Extremely small and difficult to draw conclusions. Need at least 1000 people across multiple demographics to begin to see what is happening...
Obey the signs they were put there so the city could clear the major street between midnight and 7 am so the traffic would be better for the rush hour.
Hopefully some good things come to an be end
You should enjoy the snow some state never get any.
Oh come on. This has been in effect for about 40 years. Cities all over the country have overnight winter parking bans. People are lazy or stupid if they get their car towed. How many times do you have to hit your head with a hammer before you figure it out that it hurts.
Glad I got the exemption.
because the dei hires don't know how to use a ruler to measure the snow
could not agree with you more when i worked on the west side i always wrote them when i transferred to 016 i stopped
you also forgot to mention that bridgeport n mt greenwood always got plowed
.......to begin to see what is happening...?
First, you put your left foot right, then you put your right foot left, then you fall flat on your face and wonder how you got there.
The jab got you.
We already do plow our own streets not going to wait for the city to save us!
Ha ,suburbs will tow . Don’t park in violation of tow zones. Now ,how about they issue citations to food peddlers,drug dealers for selling without a peddlers license, tow vehicles on side streets without proper city and state licenses displayed,vehicles blocking fire hydrants,crosswalks,Handicapped parking zones. They won’t do it because majority of violators are minorities.
Because the Cmdr complained of 016. And because the Tact Lt is never there and talks shit about the Cmdr all the time.
0012.
Sposato is useless , time for a better alderman
What’s worse is these POS red light cameras that are hidden around the city and some don’t work right!
Have to make sure the streets are clear to the liquor stores and the churches.
Huh? They have the same shit. You can’t park on the street overnight at all in some burbs.
I could care less about the no tax on tips thing. Can’t remember a time any of my income was not taxable. Why the F do I give a shit if some 20 year old barista at Starbucks earning $16/hr plus tips (who voted for Kamala) gets taxed or not? Tax them because by and large those individuals voted for Democrats and all the batshit policies that keep making middle/working income tax payers lives more unaffordable.
Don’t worry, they’ll raise the impound fees for people who pay and put extra tax payer money in some slush fund for “equity” tow funds…like they do for property tax.
Equity, my friend, that’s what’s called equity.
Retired 14 years ago and moved to the warm, sunny tropics. Snow? What's that?
Napolitano ward not good at clearing streets or fixing potholes. His ward super just has excuses why shit can't get done and then directs you to pay your half with the city to get your shit done. But he's always looking for votes!
What is going on in 9 where we need 3 people in the shotspotter room all the time on 3rd watch. They got rid of that shotspotter program, I am pretty sure one person assigned in the room should be enough. Oh wait but then all the 3 year females would have to work the streets. My bad.
12/02/2025 06:53:26 AM
“This city needs money so why not, why’d you sign up for this job then?”
You sir are Tim Walz’ slower twin
Anonymous
you also forgot to mention that bridgeport n mt greenwood always got plowed
Every neighborhood that has a majority of residents who work and pay taxes should be plowed first. The neighborhoods full of entitlement leeches should be plowed last. How else can the taxpayers go to work in order to fund the parasites who have never worked a day in their lives? Furthermore, it is a proven fact that said parasites are usually not licensed and insured drivers, therefore a lack of plowing increases safety by less assholes on the road. The problem with Chicago is that socialists really believe that the non-contributors deserve everything while the hard working taxpayer deserves nothing.
06:53:26 AM - “ why’d you sign up for this job then?”
Not to write snow tows douche bag !!
It is truly sad what the dept has become.
Most suburbs have driveways and garages eliminating the need for street parking.
Hegewisch didn’t get any snow. The radiation took care of it.
Da Conehead mayor was behind in his water bill, his home has more square footage than many homes in Edison Park, yet his real estate taxes are thousands of $$ less than homes on northwest side. How does that happen??
Jesus 0653…. You signed up to make the city money? Go be a meter maid then. Just another cuck that write a bunch of Parkers and hides in a parking lot acting like he’s saving the world. “But I’m the real police cause I work for the city!” Good lord.
1977 snow - something like 16' of it that winter. Some VW Bug got plowed in on the street... Guy was out of town or whatever. Snow continues to pile up, finally the car disappears. Front loaders just dump it on top of the pile at the end of the street (which happened to be the car).
Guy comes back, can't find the car. Reports it stolen. Insurance pays out.
Springtime comes, snow melts... car reappears....
There’s only one 3yr wonder working in the room
gotta love some of my neighbors who throw the snow back on the street after the city plow did a good job actually clearing the snow off of both sides and the middle of the street
The VW Bug and the Honda Civic. And the MG Midget. Like they were designed to become snowballs.
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