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November 2, 2009
Closing Bell: Windshield Spam Backfires
Here's one thing we learned today: If you want people to vote for you, you might not want to put political fliers designed to look like parking tickets on their windshields. "Thank you for giving me a very clear favorite in this election - your opponent," one South Slope resident wrote to Gothamist about Council candidate Joe Nardiello's marketing tactics. A Brooklyn Heights resident who emailed us was equally peeved — and surprised when he got the following email response from Nardiello:
What would you do? if the media is allowing our local pols to 'stick a spigot in your back'... without featuring the story? Do you want a defender and a fighter of your rights -- or not? I went straight to YOU. You would have simply received an annual bill, in the Spring if I'd not done this. Think twice. Your local government is plotting over the next few months to charge YOU and everyone that visits you, real $$ -- which may amount to $400-500 per car owner. Everyone that visits you, will need a Temporary Residents Sticker, etc. I'm sorry to have shocked you, and clearly upset you. But, Squadron-Lander-DeBlasio have set the stage for a HUGE payday for the MTA on our backs, and ONLY our backs. The only person in NYC government that can stop this -- is me. The choice is yours.
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What is the actual issue? I have not heard about resident parking. Where is this proposed???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at November 2, 2009 4:07 PM
yeah and its so easy to find a parking space now. A knee jerk reaction by a nee jerk.
How many people in brooklyn heights would pay $500 per year for a space?....how many pay more than $200-300 per month...
Posted by: smeyer418 at November 2, 2009 4:07 PM
There is no current proposal for residential permit parking for NYC its only a false campaign issue....
Posted by: smeyer418 at November 2, 2009 4:08 PM
lovely how these peoples lives are so charmed that THIS is what they protest against :-/
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at November 2, 2009 4:11 PM
Sign me up for resident permit parking. Whoever supports it gets my vote.
Posted by: new2hood at November 2, 2009 4:12 PM
rob, what do you protest against besides poo mist?
Posted by: josefsz at November 2, 2009 4:14 PM
Too bad - I love the idea of parking permits. People driving in would still get to park, but not all day. It would encourage people to use mass transit to get to congested areas, and is aimed more at commuters than shoppers. Other cities (with much spottier mass transit) do this and it works well - people are opposed to it here without understanding how it works.
Posted by: petunia at November 2, 2009 4:15 PM
If he knew how, to use, a comma I'd consider VOTING for, him. IN YOUR FACE.
Posted by: joe_the_bummer at November 2, 2009 4:17 PM
This a@#hole sent me a robocall last night while I was feeding my children. Definitely does not get my vote.
How come political robocalls and police benevolent societies do not have to comply with the Do-Not-Call list?
Posted by: Brokedeveloper at November 2, 2009 4:20 PM
I've lived in places with residential parking permits. They are a pain in the ass for:
anyone visiting anyone
anyone having anyone visiting them
anyone with a rental car
anyone who sells stuff to customers who do not want to or cannot lug said stuff home without a motor vehicle
They work best in small towns were you can pop into city hall and pick up a temporary parking permit or visitor parking permit in less than 15 minutes without going through 3 levels of bureaucracy. Even then, a friend had his car towed because some self righteous resident call the cops because he was parked outside my building without a permit.
The primary beneficiaries are people who like to stick it to people they don't know.
Posted by: northsloperenter at November 2, 2009 4:23 PM
Some very poor writing on this guy's website...
Posted by: BrooklynZoo at November 2, 2009 4:29 PM
quote:
rob, what do you protest against besides poo mist?
life is too short to protest. but one could argue i protest against everything! haha
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at November 2, 2009 4:30 PM
The Grammar Police hereby withdraw their support for Joe Nardiello.
Posted by: joe_the_bummer at November 2, 2009 4:50 PM
"The only person in NYC government that can stop this -- is me."
In that case, we are clearly in serous trouble.
Posted by: East New York at November 2, 2009 4:55 PM
Or s-e-r-i-o-u-s.
Posted by: East New York at November 2, 2009 4:55 PM
gad! Can we say police state?
Posted by: bxgrl at November 2, 2009 5:13 PM
Not sure about cops but politicians' mailings are protected by "freedom of speech". Not sure what intricate arguments justify it but that's what they say.
Posted by: Arkady at November 2, 2009 5:19 PM
I've lived with parking permits in London and Boston, not too small cities. I love them.
I know they're proposed for Brooklyn Heights. Bring em on
Posted by: Ringo at November 2, 2009 5:26 PM
it seems half of NYC car owners are registered as residents of states that NYC doesn't pursue parking tickets for (because its too expensive). This will mean nothing to them.
Posted by: dittoburg at November 2, 2009 5:30 PM
Residential parking permits would be great. Generally runs M-F from 8 or 9am until 5 or 6pm, with non-residents limited to two hours in the same spot. It would have an instant impact on all the NYers with NYC homes but out-of-state registration, and on neighborhoods whose parking spots are filled with non-resident commuters. Easy-to-use, easy-to-obtain visitor permit systems already exist in cities as different and diverse as Berkeley, CA, and Silver Spring, MD. Have you tried to park on the Upper West Side or Midtown Manhattan in the last few years? Bloomberg's stealth campaign has already turned great swathes of NYC into hourly muni-metered parking running as late midnight, and fees increasing the *longer* you park.
Posted by: vinca at November 2, 2009 5:48 PM
I find the connection between parking permits and a police state to be sort of strange.
On balance, parking permits are a positive.
If it costs $200 to park slope residents so they dont have to spend 1 hr driving around for a parking place everytime they use their car, I bet they will gladly spend the money.
As far as implementation, it should be connected to paying property taxes so owners get the spots every year when they pay taxes. Then, they are responsible for doling them out to tenants. It's not a difficult system.
Posted by: slick at November 2, 2009 6:01 PM
I completely agree that the people who benefit most from this are those who like to stick it to to people they don't know. It is a gated community mindset that has no place in brownstone Brooklyn. It will be nothing but a huge pain in the ass for the residents of the communities who will now need to keep in mind yet another piece of paper to pay for and keep current not to mention people who work rather than own property in the various hoods who wish to restrict their curbs to residents only. A really bad idea and a sinister one.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at November 2, 2009 7:27 PM
"it seems half of NYC car owners are registered as residents of states that NYC doesn't pursue parking tickets for "
and how can i find out what states these are?
;-)
Posted by: bowl of dicks at November 2, 2009 7:47 PM
Don't worry about the tickets to out of state people when they tow the cars they have to pay them all. Residential parking permits will make people register their cars here. All of NY City is a tow zone but they rarely tow non-alternate street parkers(and never for meter violations) but they do for almost everything else so people without permits can expect a trip to the pound..
Posted by: smeyer418 at November 2, 2009 9:04 PM
"But, Squadron-Lander-DeBlasio have set the stage for a HUGE payday for the MTA on our backs, and ONLY our backs. "
That isn't correct.
Posted by: Atomische at November 3, 2009 7:54 AM
Residential parking permits have been around in Jersey City for years and seem to work great. They have a system where you can easily get a temp permit for visitors and it prevents the hoardes of people from the rest of Jersey from filling up all the street parking during the work week. The fee is, however, under $150 per year I think.
Another strategy is one used in the Fan in Richmond, Va. Parking in front of churches is allowed after 6 pm on weekdays. When there is something like a funeral after 6 pm, the church puts up signage to reserve the parking.
Posted by: bessie2 at November 3, 2009 9:45 AM
can someone tell me who to vote for in support of parking permits? would be SO GREAT to have them...
Posted by: gkw at November 3, 2009 11:09 AM
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