Rules for One Should be for All

Friday, November 18, 2005 03:55 AM

If you get a parking ticket today don’t despair, just tell the folks in Development Services at City Hall that you’ll go by that meter tomorrow and drop a quarter in the meter box. That should be sufficient to not get a ticket given how this same department has handled the matter of election signs exceeding the permit by Mayor Kinsley’s campaign.

Surely you and I are not different when it comes to enforcing by laws in this city and so we should receive equal treatment.

Dan Milburn of Development Services says he heard about the issue from Opinion 250, but he reasoned that it is okay to put signs up on provincial right of ways or private property. I think I’ll get him to come up with the excuses for my not putting money in the meter.

He did however change his tune somewhat when we raised the matter that there were signs posted all over city property,( property he has jurisdiction over) which exceeded the allowed limit.

By the way, why in the world was Milburn phoning us offering up some excuses? I thought that the people in the Mayor’s campaign group had put the signs in place. Did they employ City help? Why does it fall upon someone from city hall to hand out the excuses?

Well anyway back to my reasoning.

Dan, “That ticket I got in front of the Coast the other day while I was covering a story, Don’t worry, I’ll drop over there tomorrow and stick a quarter in the meter. Now can I have my ten bucks back, I really didn’t break any laws now did I?”

I’m Meisner and that is one man’s opinion.

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Posted on Friday, November 18, 2005 03:55 AM in Views by Ben Meisner

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Posted by: gypsy on November 18 2005 7:20 AM

Just the tip of the iceberg!!!
I would like to see some of those folks employed at city hall develop a "guilt" complex!
I suggest to one and all,
Cover ups are the norm.
It would be nice to have a couple of "honest" individuals infiltrate city hall and get in with the real "powers that be."
In six months time I think the "clean sweep" would be a given, and inevitable.
When Milburn is covering the mayor's butt, you can rest assured he is covering his own!!!
Good point, Ben, as you have me wondering if any city employees were paid to erect those Kinsley signs.
I sincerely hope after this election you keep on top of the debt this city has incurred for the benefit of the taxpayers????????
That is really questionable.

Posted by: Marty on November 18 2005 7:25 AM

Oh good i am covered for that ticket i got a couple months back while parked on 5th in front of the post office then.

I will stop by today and toss a quarter in that meter to.....

Posted by: ammonra on November 18 2005 8:41 AM

Have some consideration for the plight of Dan Milburn, he's between a rock and a hard place, I would imagine. There is a distinct possibility that Kinsley will remain his boss, and can't you imagine the pressure Kinsley would apply to him to "pursue his career elsewhere" if he had the temerity to force him to keep to the bylaw, especially after you have already blasted the Mayor for breaking it? I would suggest this reflects far more on Kinsley, and extremely negatively I might say, than it does on someone whose livelihood depends on keeping him mollified.

I would like to know why Milburn was the one told to phone you, Ben, because I don't believe for a moment that he did so voluntarily. Neither do I believe he came up with the idea, do you? Why did the City Manager chicken out? Doesn't he have the guts to do the Mayor's dirty work? Why didn't the Mayor have the guts to phone himself? Too busy lording it over City employees, I would imagine!

Posted by: Jethro on November 18 2005 9:17 AM

This is the most stupid 'one man's opinion' column I have ever seen...

Posted by: spanky on November 18 2005 9:18 AM

Rubbish.Complete rubbish. The city is a joke.

later.

Posted by: Death to Socialism on November 18 2005 10:18 AM

Give it a rest for crissakes!!!!!!!!! The dozen or so people that read this blog (myself & rock excepted)are already voting Rogers... move on.

Posted by: fedup on November 19 2005 1:02 AM

I don't get what makes Rogers better than kinsley they have been on the same team for how many years now?I guess this is off topic sorry.