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April 3, 2009
As Drivers' Money Woes Increase, Number of Cars Fitted With Immobilizing 'Boots' Goes Way, Way ... Down?
Giving 'em the boot...You'd think that a near doubling of the city's unemployment rate wouldn't spur folks to pay their parking tickets on time. You'd think the current economic climate would not put people in the mood to write out checks to the Department of Parking and Traffic. You'd think the pro ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2009
City's Rationale as To Why 'Bootings' of Delinquent Drivers Are Way Down: Beats the Hell Out of Us!
MIA in SFLast week, we noted that despite a doubling in the city's unemployment rate and a general paucity of surplus cash in folks' pockets, the number of immobilizing boots being placed on San Francisco cars has dropped precipitously.This is counter-intuitive; you'd figure more folks would be lett ... More >>
News
March 20, 1996
Dog Bites
MIA in SFLast week, we noted that despite a doubling in the city's unemployment rate and a general paucity of surplus cash in folks' pockets, the number of immobilizing boots being placed on San Francisco cars has dropped precipitously.This is counter-intuitive; you'd figure more folks would be lett ... More >>
News
April 24, 1996
Prescription for Parking
City officials blame doctors for the misuse of disabled parking placards
News
July 12, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Week of Wednesday, July 12, 2006
News
July 7, 2004
Don't Park There
The Unwritten Rules of Parking in San Francisco
News
March 24, 2004
Share and Share Alike
A partial solution to S.F.'s parking wars? Turn over City Hall vehicles to the local CarShare program.
News
December 10, 2003
Subwaylaid
Why the new mayor should spend his political honeymoon taking the doggle out of a boondoggle known as the Central Subway
News
June 6, 2001
Letters to the Editor
Best Letters;The Sidewalk Steeplechase;Theater Notes
News
May 23, 2001
Sporting News
The wonderful world of sport, packaged to appeal to a city of blasé cafe intellectuals
News
May 10, 2000
Cracker Morons Who Maim
Bicyclists vs. motorist cracker morons and their inbred Sacramento siblings
News
November 20, 1996
The Parking Police Academy
How regular folks learn the thankless, sometimes dangerous, metier of meter monitoring
Calendar
August 21, 1996
Civilian Brass
How regular folks learn the thankless, sometimes dangerous, metier of meter monitoring
News
December 13, 1995
Letters
How regular folks learn the thankless, sometimes dangerous, metier of meter monitoring
Blogs
December 11, 2009
Meter Maid Allegedly Runs Over Ticketed Man's Foot With Cart -- Lawsuit Filed
Parking Control Officers get beat up all the time, but here's one case of what is allegedly the opposite. When Randy Mistrot got back to his car after shopping at the Alemany Flea Market on Oct. 26, 2008, he had not just one parking ticket, but two. This, Mistrot believed, was unac ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
S.F. Man Files Suit, Alleges City Improperly Towed His Car -- And Perhaps Legions More
Not so fast, pal...John J. Riley could be considered a hero to the city's beleaguered parkers. He successfully petitioned the city to drop a citation he was given after his car was ticketed and towed. Now he's gunning for deity status, last month filing a class-action suit claiming the Department ... More >>
News
February 24, 2010
Hot ticket: Politicos pitch in — unwillingly — to alleviate city deficit
Not so fast, pal...John J. Riley could be considered a hero to the city's beleaguered parkers. He successfully petitioned the city to drop a citation he was given after his car was ticketed and towed. Now he's gunning for deity status, last month filing a class-action suit claiming the Department ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Knife-wielding Man Gets Parking Ticket, Then Punctures Tire of DPT Vehicle
Does this count as double-parking?One man's parking ticket quickly turned into jail time after he lost his composure and stabbed a Department of Parking and Traffic vehicle after getting cited for illegally parking.Police were responding to reports of the vandalism on the 4600 block of Mission St ... More >>