Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Niccolo Machiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-118111 Niccolo Machiavelli Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:55:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-118111 That's alright Kaja, I haven't called myself a Liberal since Phil Ochs' untimely death. That’s alright Kaja, I haven’t called myself a Liberal since Phil Ochs’ untimely death.

]]> By: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-118031 Kaja Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-118031 Whoops, the Westchester version of the law is for people who've been convicted of the crime. I was thinking, knee-jerk, of the Giuliani version, where they'd impound your car immediately, and sell it before your trial. Sorry about that. Whoops, the Westchester version of the law is for people who’ve been convicted of the crime. I was thinking, knee-jerk, of the Giuliani version, where they’d impound your car immediately, and sell it before your trial. Sorry about that.

]]> By: Kaja http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-118021 Kaja Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:56:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-118021 > The Westchester vehicle forfeiture law seems like a great idea Whatever happened to due process? And you people call yourselves liberals! > The Westchester vehicle forfeiture law seems like a great idea

Whatever happened to due process? And you people call yourselves liberals!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117981 Jonathan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:48:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117981 A <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/in-windsor-terrace-a-pattern-of-car-wheel-thefts/" rel="nofollow">City Room</a> piece on auto wheel thefts in Brooklyn mentions four thefts in three weeks in a single neighborhood. That this is even newsworthy is another example of the privileged place of the automobile in the hearts of Times advertisers. A City Room piece on auto wheel thefts in Brooklyn mentions four thefts in three weeks in a single neighborhood. That this is even newsworthy is another example of the privileged place of the automobile in the hearts of Times advertisers.

]]> By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117881 BicyclesOnly Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:06:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117881 Like the parents in the article, I've had parents come to me to report that our 11-year old son is walking to and from school in Manhattan on his own. The suggestion is that this could occur without us knowing about it, or that maybe we don't care where is he is or what he is doing. From what I have seen, there has been a huge increase in the number of NYC parents over the last 10-15 years who did not grow up in NYC themselves. Many of these parents drive or hand-hold their kids everywhere they go and can't conceive of their kids navigating their way on the streets alone. Just another factor keeping people unnecessarily in cars. Like the parents in the article, I’ve had parents come to me to report that our 11-year old son is walking to and from school in Manhattan on his own. The suggestion is that this could occur without us knowing about it, or that maybe we don’t care where is he is or what he is doing. From what I have seen, there has been a huge increase in the number of NYC parents over the last 10-15 years who did not grow up in NYC themselves. Many of these parents drive or hand-hold their kids everywhere they go and can’t conceive of their kids navigating their way on the streets alone. Just another factor keeping people unnecessarily in cars.

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117871 Mark Walker Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:48:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117871 The Westchester vehicle forfeiture law seems like a great idea till you get to this graf in the Daily News report: "The bill also contains a 'hardship relief' provision, allowing relief from forfeiture in cases in which the defendant can establish that losing his or her car would impose substantial burdens on the defendant's ability to get to work, school or medical treatment." No teeth. The Westchester vehicle forfeiture law seems like a great idea till you get to this graf in the Daily News report: “The bill also contains a ‘hardship relief’ provision, allowing relief from forfeiture in cases in which the defendant can establish that losing his or her car would impose substantial burdens on the defendant’s ability to get to work, school or medical treatment.” No teeth.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117851 ddartley Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117851 The union rat is also often connected to an all-day running GASOLINE POWERED generator. How evironmentally asinine. Get a new ploy, boys. The union rat is also often connected to an all-day running GASOLINE POWERED generator. How evironmentally asinine. Get a new ploy, boys.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117821 Josh Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:49:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117821 Why is the inability of children to walk to school a "Fashion & Style" issue? Why is the inability of children to walk to school a “Fashion & Style” issue?

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/todays-headlines-733/comment-page-1/#comment-117791 Cap'n Transit Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:55:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=46071#comment-117791 <blockquote>Bilkerdyk was arrested for driving with a suspended license and spent the day at the 90th Precinct station house, but she was not charged with the child's death, police said.</blockquote> Again, what is a suspended license for? It's because we judge that the person involved is too irresponsible to be on the road. If that person goes out and kills someone - a child! - in violation of the suspension, they should at least be charged for negligent homicide.

Bilkerdyk was arrested for driving with a suspended license and spent the day at the 90th Precinct station house, but she was not charged with the child’s death, police said.

Again, what is a suspended license for? It’s because we judge that the person involved is too irresponsible to be on the road. If that person goes out and kills someone – a child! – in violation of the suspension, they should at least be charged for negligent homicide.

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