The motto in Weehawken was always "you can't upset the residents!" Whatever happened to that is a mystery.
All of a sudden there are lot of cars being ticketed for being in crosswalks that were put in around five years ago without a ticket ever being given out. When they were put in the residents were told that they were a mistake, and we would not lose any parking on the street because of it. You wouldn't believe how may cars in this town are in the crosswalks, how many are hanging off the corners and how many don't even have a resident parking sticker on them that have been overlooked because of the parking problems in our neighborhoods.
Parking in Weehawken has become a chore. Living on Highwood Ave. as I do and finding a place to park is simply ridiculous. We don't only have cars on this block, we have a Senior Citizen van, which can be parked in the lot on Gregory Ave. or in the new parking lot made in the basketball court on Highwood Ave. Money was spent on this park/parking lot so the volunteer ambulance workers could remove their cars from the street to free up parking for the residents that live in the neighborhood. Apparently the workers are not happy about how long the court should be open for the children, so they don't move their cars into the lot at night.
If you think I am a disgruntled resident you are absolutely right. I am one of the 20 or so residents who found themselves part of this selective parking violation ticket blitz who received a ticket, not only on one car, but two! And it all happened in one night.
When I questioned the sudden ticket blitz, I was told it was just done around the schools in town. I guess after all these years of no crosswalk enforcement, a Superior officer in the Police Department had a vision. Then to further add insult to those ticketed residents, the next day cars in the crosswalks were not issued tickets but were issued warnings on their cars by the police. What is this, "selective law enforcement"?
Maybe with a little thought process, warning letters could have been sent to residents that live around the schools to let them know about the sudden enforcement or signs could have been put in place prior to the opening of school with the hours of enforcement on them. After all, there is never any problem when it comes to sending our political information letters about who we should vote for.
Chuck Barone
P.S. I can't wait to read the letter that someone will be told to write to justify these actions!
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