It is not clear how and why Mr. Grillo used this process to get it done and I’m not insulting his intelligence. It just seems a little too coincidental that he thought of this loophole and somehow got it passed in his area. “Ald. [Milly] Santiago (31st) has a lot more important things to worry about,” Grillo said Tuesday. “I took the chance to do a citizen’s introduction.”
That introduction will serve the demise of lot car owners who rely on private facilities to avoid boots. Of course the right thing to do is pay you’re parking tickets, but sometimes you don’t have the money. Paying to park allows you a little more time and convenience to park your car without fear. But I digress; the damage has been done already.
More important than the underhand move pulled by Grillo and the City of Chicago, is the revelation of this law. This discovery in my opinion gives the people more power than what they think they have. It also meand that you don’t have to wait on a politician to change something that you think is unfair in your city. In the meantime, dnainfo.com who originally reported on this put a list of wards in Chicago that allows cars to be booted on private property.
Wards where parking boots are allowed on private property include:
1st Ward
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