Parking wars get uglier

Exactly what I posted before the first flake of snow in Marty's administration had fallen. He's got more to lose by prohibiting space savers than by allowing them. Obviously Menino knew this as well or he would have prohibited them. It ain't complicated.

You for real?

By anon
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:00pm

The guy who's most fired up about the saver system doesn't live in the city? I've yet to see a single UHub post on the topic where you haven't been the most prolific complainer on every comment thread with loads of condescension and snark towards anyone who saves a parking spot...but you don't even live in Boston. Too funny.

A few points of clarification

By anon
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:22pm

I voted for Barros, then Connolly. What's that? Oh right, no one actually cares. I thought Walsh might be ok and now I'm leaning towards not so much, but I will also give him that no-one was going to come out of this looking very good.

I didn't even think you came to the city to work, but either way, I don't get the vitriol towards people on either side of this issue given that it doesn't impact you at all. If you don't want to live in the city, that's great but don't get mad about how people who do live in the city live their lives.

I'm only here for the

By Scratchie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:31pm

I'm only here for the schadenfreude.

I love how everyone is

By gotdatwmd
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 12:31pm

I love how everyone is shoving this shit on the new administration. Oh everything is Marty's fault for not immediately changing Menino's carte blanche. Oh everything is Charlie Baker's fault because he's a RETHUGLIKKKAN who didn't ride the T in the three week's he's been governor of the STATE. Who cares if it's hyperbole, MY FEELS. HE A BAD MAN!!!!!!

Mayor Walsh continued to let

By Charlie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:08pm

Mayor Walsh continued to let this practice continue when he could have stopped it immediately. Charlie Baker is getting slack about the T because it's a huge problem that doesn't have an easy solution, nor is it something directly under his control. Mayor Walsh just has to say "no more space savers" and that will be that. That's what Mayor Curtatone did in Somerville. The official city policy is "no space savers."

Three weeks without riding

By Kinopio
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:42pm

Three weeks without riding the T, 3 billion dollars in debt he forced the T to take care of. Same thing.

He "forced" the T to take

By bosguy22
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:16pm

Yes, it could have gone many places, it could have disappeared, we could have just stopped building the Big Dig....but Charlie has had it out for the T since he was a little boy and he knew this was his chance! Saddle it with debt and then sit back for 20+ years and watch as NOBODY in any future administration or Legislature did anything about it. Then, one day, become Governor and summon all the powers of past ReTHUGlican leaders and bring 4 feet of snow on the city in a month. That should do the trick!

Where that debt belonged

By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:28pm

Somehow, most states manage to administer federal construction contracts without paying the contractors for extreme cost overruns. Even at that time, most federal contracts contained fines for late delivery and no reimbursement for cost overruns, with incentives for early and high quality performance.

Massachusetts let Bechtel get away with overrunning the budget and being late. Baker chose to be novel and different, and came up with a scheme to reward those contractors with state funds and while clearing the books by dumping the debt on the MBTA.

Bechtel should have had to eat that money and pay fines for poor performance - Baker and his cronies chose to use state money to pay them, and screw us by shifting the debt to the transit system.

And what was that clandestine

By Patricia
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:14pm

And what was that clandestine meeting Coakly had with Bechtel where they agreed on a 50 million dollar figure that basically said "we'll just call it even"?

What was with that, did I miss something? It was odd to me then as it is now.

People who don't have to

By Cambridge Commando
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 6:52pm

People who don't have to drive or have off-street parking have no idea about the level of anxiety the loss of street parking brings to those who need to use their cars.

Take solace, kiddos!

By Brian Riccio
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 12:36pm

After all of the worldwide publicity regarding space savers and the fact that we have the shittiest public transportation system in the world there's no way the IOC will allow the Olympics to come here!

The IOC loves space savers,

By Kinopio
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:43pm

The IOC loves space savers, except only they can use them and they also demand an entire lane of highways just for themselves.

winter parking

By Weazer
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 12:46pm

Wow, didn't know the citizens of Boston were so immature. You'd think one of the oldest cities in America would have a bit more class. Guess not.

Boston's not even 400

By bannedinboston
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 6:16pm

Boston's not even 400 years old. By your logic, Tripoli and Damascus should be at the height of civilization.

Id respond to this vandalism

By anon
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:06pm

By publicly stating I was throwing out every single space saver in the neighborhood for the rest of winter.

so classy

By anon
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:08pm

so classy

Bombard Citizen's Connect with reports on EVERY space saver

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:24pm

I'm a pretty live and let live guy in respect to space savers (and most other issues.)

But enough is enough. This nonsense needs to stop. Starting tomorrow I'm going to start submitting reports on every space saver I see on my street and on my walk to the T. And I'm going to keep doing so until they're removed or spring comes. And I'll do so next winter as well.
I urge everyone opposed to this practice to do so as well. I'll happily participate and support any other efforts to stop this BS.

That'll teach 'em!

By Scratchie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:32pm

You just don't care who you piss off, do you?

Crazy rebel.

and you'll

By cybah
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 1:46pm

and you'll get a ton of

"ticket has be closed"

with no reply.

And I'll keep resubmitting them

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:48pm

And demand to know why they're being closed w/o action. If everyone who opposes savers did religiously the city might start acting on the problem.

I'm not just going to argue with people and make snide comments on the internet.

You just

By cybah
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:55pm

You just did by replying. Nice try

And no snark at all.. you obviously have never filed a complaint on CitizensConnect they didn't care about. They auto close tickets all the time.

Stop being a big baby.. grow up and mind your own business. The city will do nothing about it. Why waste their time and yours.

OK, you got me

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:15pm

But you should take your own advice and mind your own business. why do you give a rat's ass what I do with my time.

And this is my business- being able to park on my own street and all that.

taxpayers

By cybah
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:26pm

As a tax payer of this state, it is my business. I am concerned with wasting my dollars on useless requests that won't be dealt with. We have bigger issues in this state than whether you get a parking spot or not.

Well you'll just have to suck it up

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:31pm

And quit being a baby about it.

take your own advice

By cybah
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:52pm

and quit being a baby about it.

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh i can't park
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm going to report all the space savers
Wahhhhhhhhhh I can't get my way

*stomps feet*

PS - You are aware that you can log all the tickets you want that will just be auto closed with no resolution. And you are also aware that you can DEMAND all you want (like the big baby you are), but they don't have to reply

Marty has upheld the stance on space savers, so go ahead waste your time logging space saver complaints. Nothing will get done, and they'll probably block your account for spam. And that will get your panties in a bunch. Have fun and thanks for playing.

Wow! You're a freak cybah

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 9:51pm

Project your bullshit elsewhere.

I whined about nothing so spare me the "Wahs"

Cars have been vandalized on my street. I'm trying to be proactive.

If you have a better idea than CC I'm glad to hear it. I'm trying to offer solutions, not be part of the problem.

Keep up that good attitude though.

Thanks

By cybah
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 6:23am

thanks, I take pride in being freaky. The freakier the better. Vanilla is boring.

You know for someone who..

[quote]I'm not just going to argue with people and make snide comments on the internet.[/quote]

You certainly are arguing alot.

Please save me the "i'm doing the right thing - I'm the martyr" BS. Talk about projecting BS. You're just trying to save yourself because you knew you were whipped. Besides if you really were thinking of others and not being a whiny baby about, you would have said this FIRST, not last. So you were just trying to save your ass. Next time be clear up front and maybe people's attitudes about your post would be different.

And yes you were whining, you may have not said "waahh" but your first post certainly screams "I'm whining"

And really, freaky? I'm not the one who thinks its a wise idea to clog up citizens connect.. after the city has clearly stated they support space savers, and will not enforce any ordinances surrounding it. So your just being a freak who will just waste their time.

As far as a suggestion, you know what? I don't own a car, and I think the whole space saver idea needs to go. Its escalated beyond just saving a space now (as we have seen here). But I think clogging up CC isn't the way to do this. Work with your city council members and get something firm on the books to stop this asinine behavior from the start.

But thanks for playing, now here's Rod with your departing gift!

Get an F in your underwater

By gotdatwmd
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:19pm

Get an F in your underwater basket weaving course this semester did you?

Underwater Basket Weaving

By Scratchie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:25pm

Whoo, that's gold, Jerry. Gold.

'Fess up: You're actually a professional comedy writer, correct? C'mon Bruce, don't be shy!

e

By gotdatwmd
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:52pm

doublepost

No, I'm not an alcoholic,

By gotdatwmd
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:54pm

No, I'm not an alcoholic, still talk to my parents, have stable relationships, never had depression am usually in bed at 4 in the morning on a Tuesday.

Pretty impressive

By Scratchie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:43pm

How did "Big Bang Theory" ever let you go?

Because I'm funny, which is

By gotdatwmd
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:48pm

Because I'm funny, which is a incompatible with writing for that show.

Well...

By Scratchie
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 4:05pm

You're half right.

What is this I don't even?

By tofu
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:49pm

What is this I don't even?

An olympic idea

By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 2:23pm

Impale the space junk with a tiki torch and light it. That might get some attention to the problem.

You could even report it to Citizen's Connect "another burning torch space saver". Hmmm.

Snow emergency in Boston was

By Dot net
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 3:18pm

Snow emergency in Boston was lifted Wed at 6pm. By the city's guidelines, space savers are acceptable until Fri 6pm.

Also, I don't condone any action against people who "steal spaces". Space savers should not be backed by threat of vandalism or violence. It should just be a matter of respect, if they followed the customs and guidelines: saving a spot AFTER clearing the snow, and removing the space saver once the snow has melted enough to allow for regular parking.

Leave all the notes you like or talk to someone if they take your spot, but vandalism is unacceptable. By the way, you can still be threatened with violence even without spot savers. My dad was threatened with a baseball bat when parking outside my grandfather's house in an unmarked spot, by a neighbor, years ago.

Apathy

By massprince
Thu, 02/19/2015 - 11:26pm

I dont understand why the city is turning a blind eye or refuse to recognize that this is a potentially violent situation. Is vandalism not considered as an aggressive act? Does actual bodily or physical injury better defines it? Does the city have a threshold before they enforce law and order in crisis situations?

City removed all space savers on my street!

By Reggae Ambassador
Thu, 03/12/2015 - 9:44am

Yeah baby! One submission to Citizens Connect and they came and removed every saver on the street. Took them a week but they got them all.

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