The Bane of the 7th Street Park Is Due In City Court Tomorrow. Yet Again!

In New York State, Rape in the First Degree is the most serious of the three degrees of rape. It is a Class B Violent Felony that can get you 25 years in prison.

Michael Madison is now scheduled to be in front of Judge Roberts tomorrow to answer for at least one charge of Rape in the First Degree (there seems to be an additional rape charge since yesterday).  I do not know what, if anything, transpired in front of Judge Connor yesterday.  My guess is that Madison was a no-show, probably refusing to leave his prison cel, something he has done before. 

Would This Have Been Tolerated At 5th & Warren For 8 Months?

At the June 5th Public Works Board meeting, Justin Weaver announced that he had been reassured by Luizzi, the DRI paving contractor, that they would be installing permanent stop signs at several intersections, including four at the intersection of 1st & Warren, "sometime between June 9th and June 13th." He added, "Yes, that will be happening next week."  Before announcing the details and after saying "the stop signs," at least two members, including 1st ward council member and Public Works Board head Gary Purnhagen, laughed.  Gary, I believe, lives in the 100 block of Warren.  Apparently, he finds the temporary signs to be hilarious and would be okay if they stuck around ON THE FUCKING SIDEWALKS AND IN THE STREET for another year or two.

It Must Be Nice To Be Loaded With Money, Entitlement and Disrespect!

According to the city's online parking ticket portal, this BMW has been ticketed five times in the past three weeks.  Three of those tickets were for Parking In A Fire Zone, which carries a fee of $50.  All three of those tickets were issued when the car was blocking the same fire hydrant, the one at the northwest corner of 6th & Long Alley that is surrounded by yellow curb.  The third ticket was issued last night, 40 minutes after I called HPD. 

When Will It End? When We Run Out Of Money, Or When His Liver Stops Functioning?

Michael Madison, the bane of the 7th Street Park, was released from the county jail sometime in early May, about a month ago.  This morning, he was due in front of City Court Judge John Connor to answer for the charge of rape which, as far as I can tell, he was arraigned for this past Saturday at 6:27 pm.  Madison has been in jail since then with a bail that was set by Connor at $25,000.

Who Isn't Able To Pay Attention? Rob Perry, Shane Bower or Kamal Johnson? Or Is It All 3 Of Them?

 

As part of their DRI work, Luizzi finished installing the new sidewalk on the east side of South Front Street between Allen and Cross Streets at least 6 months ago.  They probably ripped out the old (and horribly dangerous) sidewalk a month before that.  Since then, however, including this past Saturday, cars have been allowed to park along the 100 feet of curb south of Allen that had been painted yellow, as well as parking in the 5 spaces 100 feet north of where a NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER sign once stood that Luizzi removed before they ripped out the sidewalk.  Luizzi removed the sign and the 100 feet of yellow curb last year but have not replaced either one by early June.  In other words, cars are parking legally where they were not allowed to park as recently as 8 months ago on a hill at a bend at a busy intersection where the street is further narrowed by construction AT THE INTERSECTION!  Sounds like just the "revitalization" we all need (and spent millions on)!  Yeah, the same old crap.

Not To Worry, HPD Is ON IT. ON FAKEBOOK, That Is!

 

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He's "OUT," She's "Not Getting Answers" and We're Screwed! All Bad Signs!

If there is one positive thing about our good old fashioned parking meters (and there is more than one), it is this:  THEY DON'T REQUIRE SIGNS. Not one! Meters act as their own signs.  They are basically self-explanatory, and what little information anyone needs to know about a parking meter is written on it (or should be).  No signage is needed to direct someone to a parking meter -- they are always right there next to every metered parking space.  No questions, no ambiguity, and no signs (or poles) to purchase, install (in concrete), maintain (graffiti, cars hitting them, fading) or to replace.  Ever.  And, of course, like everything else, signs and sign poles ain't cheap.  Parking meters help keep costs DOWN!