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   From: liberty@once.net   
      
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   > Freedom Fighter wrote:   
   >   
   >> Parking spaces reserved for the handicapped are desirable, but   
   >> from the number of them in Philadelphia PA one would think half   
   >> its population is in wheelchairs.   
   >   
   > Irrelevent.   
      
   Not at all.   
      
   >> I live in NYC and occasionally visit Philadelphia. I do not get   
   >> parking tickets because I always carefully read and obey the   
   >> signs. I was amazed one Sunday in January 2004 to find my car   
   >> ticketed for parking in a space reserved for the handicapped at   
   >> some times, but not on Sunday, when the facility I was parked   
   >> in front of (801 Arch Street) was closed.   
   >   
   > Unless the Hdp sign explicitly exempted Sunday parking--which you   
   > didn't sat--you are guilty of illegal parking.  (If the sign did   
   > explicitly exempt Sunday Hdp parking please disregard the following).   
      
   It read "Reserved Parking" with the wheelchair logo for the handicapped, and   
   gave the hours for Monday to Friday and Saturday. Not a word about Sunday.   
   If not specifically prohibited, parking is LEGAL.   
      
   > Frankly, I have no sympathy for you.  It is not for you to decide   
   > when a facility is open or closed and whether a space may be used   
   > on not.  Handicapped motorists and their caregivers are disgusted   
   > with so many scofflaws parking "only for a minute" in a handicapped   
   > space, not realizing how difficult it is for someone to walk a   
   > considerable distance.   
      
   A person has a right to expect signs to be clear and accurate. I went by the   
   signs, not the fact that the facility was closed.   
      
   > The availability of hdp spaces allows ill people the opportunity to   
   > get out in the world; in many cases, to hold employment and not be a   
   > taxpayer burden.  They also get to go out and shop and help the   
   > economy.   
      
   That's fine - but no excuse for Philadelphia to set traps for purely   
   revenue-raising purposes.   
      
   > Hdp spaces aren't just for the handicapped--all of society benefits.   
      
   Like the victims of this SCAM?   
      
   You are merely an apologist for extortionists, and it is because people like   
   you tolerate this sort of abuse that it continues to victimize the innocent.   
   I hope YOU get an unjustified ticket someday and thus learn what it is like   
   trying to get justice from these government criminals.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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