eep vs. The Man

[eee1313]

So after work today I did something I didn't ever think I'd do: I launched a one-woman campaign on my street against the city of Oak Park. I put a flier on every car parked on the street, as well as those parked on the side street. (I skipped the cars with Berwyn [Berrrrrwyyyyyyyn!] stickers, because they don't belong on my street, anyway.) I also hung fliers in the neighborhood grocery store, as well as every lobby of my apartment complex. Oh yes. I am taking on The Man.

Tired of living in "No Park Oak Park?"
There may be a change!

As a resident of Oak Park and someone who lives on an overcrowded street, you know of the frustration of the parking restrictions. The nighttime parking ban was put into effect back in 1929, before owning a car was a possibility for many families. The thought was that not allowing parking decreases crime, assists with emergency vehicles, and helps street cleaning. That said, the restrictions on parking are becoming a hindrance to many residents and their wallets. But Oak Park is finally considering a change to the parking restrictions! There are several options for hte parking ban repeal, from forgoing nighttime parking restrictions completely to increasing parking zones. More options and greater detail on each are available on the city's website. Please take a few minutes to voice your opinion and take the survey online:

http://www.oak-park.us/Public_Works/Parking_Ban_Survey_Overview.htm

Are you tiref of not going out at night for fear that there won't be parking spaces available when you come home? Are you angry at having to pay for car registration and quarterly street parking, only to find there's not enough room to park? Are you frustratted not having visitors to your home, because they fear they will be ticketed? Are you confused about when and where the city will chose to ticket? Do something about it!

http://www.oak-park.us/Public_Works/Parking_Ban_Survey_Overview.htm

Oak park residents should not have to live like hermits, afraid to leave their homes for fear of being punished with parking tickets. They shoudl also not have to live under an out-of-date law that was created nearly a century ago. Please take the survey, and pass the word on to your neighbors.

Together we can make the city welcoming not only for guests,
but for its residents!

Now let's just hope my neighbors are as fed up as I am.

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In other news, I've decided that with part of my award winnings I'm going to buy this. The George Foreman G5! It's the grill, and a griddle, and a waffle maker, and a sandwich maker, and you can even bake with it! This is totally my thing. Everyone I know with a George Foreman loves them, and seeing as how I hate to cook this could be the answer to my prayers. Yeah, I know it's pricey, but with this I'd actually eat real food. I mean, right now I have berries defrosting in a bowl so that my Cheerios won't taste so bland for dinner. How lame is that? Plus, the plates are removeable so it's really easy to clean, and it's dishwasher safe so that someday when I have a dishwasher, I'll be ready to go. Oh yes.

Comments

[aj.livejournal.com]

I totally stuffed that online survey of yours. Good luck!

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

You go on with your bad self, Norma Rae! (Or someone.) Woo!

And yeah, I hear nothing but praise for that grill. Let us know how you like it.

[disbelief11.livejournal.com]

I voted in the online survey as well...I want to be able to drive to your house and not worry about parking! If I'm invited, of course. I won't just show up at your place, promise.

That's cool that the plates on the Foreman come out for cleaning. The one time I tried a Foreman, it was one that wasn't so easy to clean so I hated it and we soon got rid of it. This one looks way better.

[sunbrae.livejournal.com]

eep = a frillion
teh man = *pwnd*

[spicedrum.livejournal.com]

hee!


Yeah, I took that survey when you posted about it. Do you want us to cheat and take it more than once? what happens if we take it too many times, and they have way more responses than residents in The O.P.? not that that would ever happen. never mind.

damn it's late.

Anyway. yeah. took it for you.

[xica-s.livejournal.com]

Aw Eep, you are so GANGSTA. I love it.

And woo! to George Foreman grills. I discovered the joys of the GF back in college. Of course it was still an illegal appliance but a lot less dangerous that the deep fryers and electric skillets other people in my dorm had. An appliance that can grill chicken AND make the best grilled cheese known to man? Sign me up baby. I also own this and it ROCKS like a rocking thing. Who needs charcoal?

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that grill looks cool. I have the small version of the original grill, and I ought to use it more often than I do, because it works really well. Salmon made on it comes out especially well.

[lalila67.livejournal.com]

The few months I lived in OP were all about getting the car in my friend's mom's garage every night. What a pain! Yay for you taking a stand! I had no idea that the law was so old, that it wasn't more recent. What's even wilder...is the fact that the streets are so wide there.

It's all about image, though, it's like the city wants to present this front of a place so bucolic and pastoral that cars in the wee hours are verboten.