Gettin' It Done, The Hudson Common Council Safety, Parking, Crosswalk and Car Repair Committee Way!

 

Anyone who has found themselves walking past or into shops on Warren Street in the past month has likely seen at least one of the several paper notices taped to windows and doors meant to remind everyone that the city has a new paid parking system on all of Warren Street.  The reminders were obviously created by the Parking Bureau and handed out to certain businesses that agreed to post them.  One wonders how long they will stick around.  The fine print at the bottom of an unofficial reminder found in the 800 block of Warren and picture above says this:  Please park behind the building to avoid paying the fee.  This is what it has come to.

Who Needs HUDseen When You Can Hear It Straight From The Former Horse's Mouth!!!

 

22 minutes into last Thursday's edition of Tom Depietro's typically soporific, self-absorbed two-hour weekly gab fest show on local radio station WGXC, our recently deposed Common Council "president" had this to say to his guest from Catskill (and his audience of four) about the city he still lives in and once wielded far too much power over:   I JUST HOPE CATSKILL DOESN'T GO THE WAY OF HUDSON... IT'S A MESS OVER THERE.  

Welcome To Hudson. We Take Dog Shit Seriously! Enjoy Your Stay and Y'All Come Back!

 

Perhaps Three's the Charm. Probably Not! (The Politics of Distraction)

 

Yesterday, HUDseen noticed a third broken or missing very new plastic paid parking sign needing replacement atop an ancient parking meter pole.  Two days ago, I noticed that the sign -- in front of a business on Park Place -- was badly bent and leaning back, more so than it had been when I took a picture of it two weeks ago.  Closer inspection showed that the plastic sign was also badly cracked, though I was not able to take a picture of it.  

Aren't Driving and Parking On A City Sidewalk Unlawful, Ticketable Offenses?

 

Yes, they are, but with exceptions in Hudson, apparently. 

Who Can We Rely On To End This New Blight Of Plastic JUNK?

 

The people that have been recently nailing and screwing their plastic business signs to National Grid's utility poles all around town use a ladder for one reason only: to keep their signs out of the reach of anyone wanting to easily pull them down. And anyone can remove signs on poles without being arrested; they are no one's property once they are on the poles.  Unfortunately, the only solution to this new problem -- which appeared suddenly this year -- lies with Hudson City Hall.

Welcome To The (New) Neighborhood. Won't You Stay A While?

Last night at 6:00, I came across a parked car completely blocking the new sidewalk that the Pocketbook people forced on the city to make way for their drop-off drive-thru area.  The driver of that car (with an Arkansas plate) won't be the first guest of the hotel, wellness center, restaurant, bar, etc. to have no idea that the concrete area is a sidewalk meant for pedestrians and not a place to park their car, mainly because there is no curb between the brick drive-thru and the concrete sidewalk. What a disgraceful, disrespectful mess the Pocketbook has created for the neighborhood (with the blessings of the Planning Board)!