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We removed our car from the driveway so we could shovel and snowblow it. While we were outside, a city employee came and wrote a ticket. We were standing right there, and when we asked what she was doing and that we were going to move the car back in when we were done clearing it, she ignored us and put the $100.00 ticket on the car. This is ridiculous. This was not a car abandoned,
we were putting it back in the driveway in a matter of minutes. This is what we pay taxes for - to be harassed by the city while clearing the sidewalks and driveway of our own residence?
50 Comments
Gerald Berke (Registered User)
That is just over the top incredibly stupid and mean.
What you want is the name of that persons' boss: that's where that nonsense comes from.
Publish the names.
Contact your alderman.
stupid ticket (Guest)
Julie Ballou (Guest)
Alderman Hayes Clement (Guest)
Julie Ballou (Guest)
The street was completely cleared with no snow plows. We were two houses down finishing up on the clearing of the driveways and sidewalks.
Alderman Hayes Clement (Guest)
Bruce (Guest)
curious (Guest)
MelH (Guest)
wondering (Guest)
Alderman Hayes Clement (Guest)
somesam (Guest)
There are way too many landlords and homeowners that do not provide any off street parking.
We should ban all over night on street parking from November to April. (Or charge an annual fee)
Just look at the 4 or 5 unit apartment house on the corner of West Chestnut and Broadway, ZERO OFF STREET PARKING. The tenants park 7 to 10 cars on the street.
js (Guest)
kt (Guest)
Alexander Hamilton (Guest)
disagree on tickets (Guest)
kgnctzn (Guest)
I think her boss has the last name of Tuey.......
We have had our house on the market, waiting for a lucky buyer so we can move outside of city limits. Or maybe we'll follow the lead of so many others and become landlords. Why should hardworking property owners (who keep their properties orderly and buildings in repair) be treated this way? Agree with you, this IS ridiculous and shameful.
citizen K (Guest)
A $200 fine??? That is huge! And it's mean, and rude and it's stealing.
Lucky this one got posted. It is a keeper.
John Tuey is the City Comptroller... unlikely that would be the man...
Responsible homeowner (Guest)
Alderman Hayes Clement (Guest)
parkingviolationshater (Guest)
citizen K (Registered User)
You want to fire a different bad employee once a week or fire a bad manager just once...
There is an 80/20 rule at play here"
80% of the work is due to management, only 20% is really in the hands of the worker. You find a place with good management, guarantee you'll find good workers. Basic Business 101
Who is her manager? You know he knows.
help the people (Guest)
A concerned KSD parent and resident. (Guest)
I received a ticket on a vehicle I had just registered at the council parking lot opposite the plaza, even though I had the 10 day inspection extension ticket taped to the windshield. I now have to take time off work to go and contest the ticket, with the 10 day extension slip.
It reminds me of the other week when DPW had just posted no parking signs along wall st. They are posted 24 hours BEFORE no parking is allowed however I saw the ticket writer issuing tickets on vehicles that clearly had green markers on the meters. Someone yelled out at her, obviously a friend, and she scrapped issuing his vehicle a ticket. I should have videoed it...hindsight teaches you a lot hey.
These unscrupulous practices should be stopped. Perhaps if KPD actually enforced the law of the roads in Kingston we wouldn't have the need to have nasty overzealous ticketers in this city.
Looking at the KPD blotter, one wonders why they are asking for more staff. New years eve only showed 40 odd calls which shared among 4 cops would mean they are only dealing with 10 calls. Start pulling people over for speeding, or people who run through the red EVERY time at the crossing of Albany/Clinton (push the button, wait for the walk light, then wait for the 3 to 4 cars that ALWAYS run it so they don't have to wait or get squashed) and actually record these crimes and maybe the city can then actually take notice that more resource is required. At the moment, the visibility of what the cops do is really poor and there cannot be any justification for overtime, more staff etc unless there are solid facts and numbers (crime statistics) to prove it.
DI (Guest)
parkingviolationshater (Guest)
Esopus Al (Guest)
frank (Guest)
all tickets issued for parking on city streets can be thrown out
section 390-64 sub section a(6) reads as follows:
"The Department of Public Works shall post signs at the main highway entrances to the City of Kingston advising the general public of the provisions of this section."
to the best of my knowledge no such signs or notice exist
kingstontaxpayer65 (Guest)
And thank you to all of those good, honest, and hard working employees who make up the majority!
UptownRes (Guest)
Matinee (Guest)
If I did....I would be one wealthy lady!
Responsible Homeowner (Guest)
kelly (Guest)
yiayia (Guest)
tired (Guest)
Community Neighbor (Guest)
It is published as three jpg files at this location: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48175958/
The page can be selected from the icons at the lower right on the page, for files called jpg1, jpg2 and jpg3, respectively.
Personally, I am not at all pleased with the tone from the Mayor and a happy outcome to these problems seems very unlikely, except perhaps through the actions of your alderpersons and if the complaints are found to be objectively and impartially accurate.
You are invited to read the correspondence yourself and form your own opinion.
I"ve checked the link out, it seems to work. Any problems please post here...
Bruce (Guest)
kgnctzn (Guest)
Yes, thank you. I'll say that I was a bit surprised at the tone of his response.
Never does he address the valid complaints-people being ticketed for $100 while clearing out their own driveways, nor the fact that they are written haphazardly- there were two cars on my street that stayed parked the entire time, not ticketed and not towed, and it crossed my mind also that the reason was because it was too much of a pain in the neck to get to the snowed in cars.....and I live on fairly well traveled street- a citibus route. (Though my husband just pointed out to me that one of the owners works for the city- go figure)
I totally agree with the streets needing to be cleared during a snow emergency. i do not agree with employees who feel as though they can disregard the rules because they know they can get away with it.
Robert (Registered User)
Community Neighbor (Guest)
Robert (Registered User)
No, their is no such position.
The term "revenue agent" was used to point out this city employees sole purpose to collect money for the city through fines.
Kingston Eyes (Guest)
Nonya (Registered User)
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