Unchill.
Nothing but nothing causes aggravation, furious rage like parking enforcement. A mild mannered friend of mine, not prone to outburst, once threw packets of butter at a meter maid as she ticketed a car. But you have felt the same impulse, certainly, when coming back from a satisfying surf only to find your time expired and an expensive slap tucked underneath your windshield wiper.
Arghhhh.
Well, South Bay surfers exploded in bitterness, days ago, when Hermosa Beach City Council proposed moving parking meter enforcement from 10 am, where it sits now, down to 8 am.
You will likely recognize “Hermosa Beach” as next door to World Surf League Chief of Executives Erik Logan’s Manhattan Beach.
According to the Easy Reader, Mayor Raymond Jackson spoke in favor of the earlier enforcement, declaring, “Visitors who come early to our city to jog on The Strand, walk their dogs, and play volleyball should be paying.”
Councilmember Rob Saeman concurred with the mayor.
Dean Francois and Mike Detoy, also councilmembers, opposed the measure, citing the 10 am window as a good time for drunkards from the night before to find their cars.
The two against two gridlock meant the motion neither passed nor failed.
But.
One councilmember was not present for the vote and will swing the deciding hammer at next week’s gathering. One Jason Massey, who just so happens to be a surfer.
Do you imagine the 10 am time will remain safe or do you think that the powerful 8 am lobby will get into Massey’s ear and/or pocket, twisting the outcome?
Currently more questions than answers.
In other Hermosa Beach news, Mayor Jackson informed the local Little League team could no longer use the city’s insignia.
Sounds like a real buzz kill.
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Ah! Not heard that one before. Thanks.
Money and greed always win in anything political
next. kk?
KK #waimea
a train used to run thru ardmore drive…we leased and then bought a plot from Union Pacific Railroad, facing north. great rental. no surf. too many hills to climb. near public schools, has volleyball courts. bikepaths. 6k/month.
I miss you guys too.
I’m not sure I understand the reference apart from a certain dictator.
amen.
This is not a big deal because:
(a) Hermosa sucks and will always suck; and
(b) my parents still live there so I can park in their driveway for free and walk to the local.
exctly
Good call. I feel that “Straight off Adolph” is still valid, and I do use it, on the regular.
Where’s Burgie when you need him?
He’d be one of drunkards waking up late to get his car.
That said there is no way he’d ever let the city council bring something as stupid as this to a vote. Money hungry politicians need to find some other way to get money
Is it just me or it the foot placement on that statue a bit whacky? He looks like he’s about to focus on a left, but his foot says he’s about to go right.
Politics eh? Watchagonnado?
that’s tim kelly and never heard of him!
I’m always more cuntish in the line-up when I pay for parking..
There were days where…
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What do you get for 3.5M at present in Manhattan Beach?
shitty crowded waves, no parking and surprisingly far from the freeway out of there.
schwinnnns ruled. 3 pitchers of beers with burgers at Critter’s before vanning it back to Rosecrans to prep & paint a three story residence…ladders and proper sets were critical!
parking ticket.
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There were days that the water & air were so cold we had to club-foot it back thru the sand, past the Beach Boy’s Strand house, limp sideways up the hill, take a 4-hour shower, don the new & sparkling MB Little League Cardinal’s uniforms and play our X-town rivals in HB. At that time the HB teams had no logos or numbers or stirrups or baseball shoes or bats & balls at all…PS…note the handjam w/ homemade & sewn gloves & long-armed vest & no leggings. circa 1970 from a 35mm slide. water temp: mid 50s.
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Dean Francois and Mike Detoy, also councilmembers, opposed the measure, citing the 10 am window as a good time for drunkards from the night before to find their cars.
Thank you Dean and Mike. A little common sense goes a long way.
NOne of the locals care about surfer parking, make it 6AM
drunkards meet in the parking lot at 10AM after leaving Ercole’s. rent boards and paddle near and around the pier/
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Bill’s Pancake House.
picked up a fat chick there 4AM…
Do I have to pay if I identify my car as a bicycle?
Depending on chosen pro nouns..
My pronouns are “local-is-him.”
“enforce-her”
As a sovereign citizen I don’t have to pay anything to an government I don’t believe exists
Ya dopey cunt.
Your car is not a bike.
Fuck me, what’s wrong with you cunts ?
You could have delved deeper into Googling “surf news”. Hell, this one was like the fourth story down…
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