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Anonymous said…
well aren't you going to thank all of us taxpayers that shell out our hard earned money to pay the road crews ? The road crews should be thanking us !!
February 14, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Joe Lintner said…
Yes, anyone currently enduring this winter - mentally, physically, spiritually - deserves a medal.
February 15, 2014 at 7:06 AM
Anonymous said…
ya know it's positively RIDICULOUS for the police especially (but any and all boro employees) to be removing chairs, etc reserving SHOVELED OUT PARKING SPOTS!
I believe their time could be MUCH better spent doing something much more substantial. Really. As a taxpayer, I'd rather see the police out shoveling than riding around picking up chairs. or helping the elderly and sick relocate to a shelter because they have no heat....this is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE......if this affected you, just maybe you'd understand that after HOURS of shovelling out a spot only for some lazy ignorant low life to take it (BECAUSE THEY ARE WAY TOO LAZY TO SHOVEL OUT THEIR OWN) MAYBE you'd understand. Let the chairs alone. Do some REAL work on my taxpayer thousands. and it ain't removing chairs. oh and while i'm at it....this is the time for you kids to step up to the plate and do the right thing...if you have elderly neighbors/relatives go dig out their cars...shovel their sidewalks...make sure they are ok..do they need anything???? THIS MY FRIENDS IS WHAT LIFE IS REALLY ABOUT!
February 15, 2014 at 9:33 AM
Anonymous said…
agree. the police should not be spending their time picking up chairs, etc used to save the parking space you busted your back to shovel out. Instead go after all the clowns who wear their pants falling down.
February 15, 2014 at 1:44 PM
Anonymous said…
I totally disagree - why does anyone think that they have any right to public land ? Street parking is PUBLIC PARKING. If you think that shoveling your car out of a public parking space give you some inherit ant right to block off the space in the future - you are living in a pipe dream ! Did it ever cross your mind that you have the right to park your car ( which you could probably live without if you really wanted to ) in a private parking lot somewhere out of town during winter storms ? Maybe it would work better if Columbia Borough made the whole town an emergency and make everyone park in a foot ball field so that they can clear the roads that they own and not have to put up with people fighting over public property !
February 15, 2014 at 8:51 PM
Anonymous said…
but guess what...that parking space IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE...I have to fix when my neighbor keeps parking against the curb & constantly breaks the concrete...not them. YES I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SPACE...SO IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT IT SHOULD BELONG TO THE PROPERTY THAT I OWN & PAY OUTRAGEOUS TAXES ON.
February 16, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Anonymous said…
great idea ! - do like with the Bridge Bust - let everyone park out of town and run free shuttle busses - every time it snows more then 6" or something take the zone five blocks from the square and clear the down town !!
February 16, 2014 at 8:51 AM
Anonymous said…
seriously???? the police have more important things to do . absolutely positively ridiculous and totally UNACCEPTABLE.
February 16, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Anonymous said…
Yes - " It only makes sense that you should own it " - but the reality is that YOU DON"T OWN IT ! - so since you don't own it - it makes no sense that you should have any right to it until you figure out how to convince the Borough to let you own it !
February 16, 2014 at 7:24 PM
Anonymous said…
it's totally unacceptable that anyone thinks thy have the right to block off access to public property
February 16, 2014 at 7:25 PM
Anonymous said…
well when you (the taxpaying homeowner) has to pay to maintain it and repair it...that just doesn't make sense now does it.
February 16, 2014 at 8:39 PM
Anonymous said…
no, it doesn't make sense. The taxpaying homeowner that maintains the sidewalk and curb should have some right to the space - but they don't - and until they do it is public space. I wonder if there are cases in other cities for example, where the homeowner has a right to the parking spot. It could even be during evening hours if it is a matter of loosing space for business. Or perhaps the homeowner could have the first option to lease the space from the Borough for some nominal fee. Or, all spaces could be metered and homeowners could use the key system that is already in place and if you own the home in front of the meter ( easy to computerize), on the first of each month the homeowner can stop by Borough Hall and get 100 hours at no charge for the month. That way whenever the homeowner is away someone else can plug the meter and use the space short term and the borough can make some money on the meters when the homeowner not using the spot. Something like that.
February 17, 2014 at 7:17 PM
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