January 16, 2009

Snow Cops


Great story in the Boston Globe sent to me by one of our blog readers--THANKS!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! Maybe some Boston residents may want to hire Wormtown Jeff to patrol this neighborhood:

"The bill was championed by Representative Martha M. Walz, a Democrat from the Back Bay, and is on the governor's desk waiting to be signed into law."

Harry T
Worcester, MA

Anonymous said...

You know who my heart goes out to ... the bar, restaurant, lodging... basically the whole hospitality industry. December and January have been absolutely BRUTAL ... ice storm ...snow every weekend , bitter cold , etc. Aside from the people impacted by the ice storm who had to seek lodging, I can't remember a worse 2 month stretch for these type of businesses...

Recession be darned; people still want a nice meal and an occassional drink!

Harry T
Worcester, MA

Paulie's Point of View said...

Harry, I have a marathon taking place on Feb. 22, 2009 in Hyannis....no one was more worried than me..registration went thru the roof during the coldest snowiest days days..sold out at 4200 bibs sold..go figure:>)

Anonymous said...

Quote below From the attached Globe article........so am I to assume the city currently has no power to levy the fine that they legilsated into law on Jan 1st.........or is that why everyone is currenlty only getting warnings right now???.....and OBrien was on the radio saying that they were issuing warnings and holding up the implemenation until Jan 1st b/c he wanted to give everyone a chance to become acqauinted with the new law........in fact the city has no power to levy or collect fines for unshovled walks??? What a load of snow++++


"The city has the authority to collect fines on traffic or speeding tickets, but little real power to collect the shoveling fines. That is why Beacon Hill lawmakers are also close to giving cities and towns the authority to add unpaid fines to property tax bills and, for the worst offenders, to file liens. The bill was championed by Representative Martha M. Walz, a Democrat from the Back Bay, and is on the governor's desk waiting to be signed into law"


Also, only the "worst offenders" get their property liened...........so does that mean if you dont pay the fine that has been added to the tax bill AND YOU ARE NOT A "WORST OFFENDER"...then then you WONT get liened??

Someone help me here with this jibberish???