Volunteers Good Way to Enforce Parking Laws
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The Bloomington Police Department is beefing up its corps of civilian volunteers who enforce handicapped-parking regulations - something we advocated on this Opinion page a year ago.  We are glad to see Bloomington taking this action and hope many people sign on to help.
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One answer to a juror shortage: Dispatch sheriff's deputies to drag people in off the street.
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By Blair Goldstein, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--Twice a month for almost two years, Wayne Morton has met with his neighbors to organize against a dump.
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As parking spaces go, it's nice enough. While it's outdoors, the smooth brick paving is immaculate.
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By Hiroko Sato, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 27--DUNSTABLE -- Leah Basbanes talked about it whenever she ran into  her neighbors at the transfer station over the past year.
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The geographically challenged need no longer feel shame. Men (and women) who lose their way will be able to safely ask for directions without having to stop (gasp) at a gas station.
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From McMansion rentals to designated drivers, locals advertise their services, hoping to hook football fans headed to the big game.
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When Mary Stengel shops at South Shore Plaza in Braintree, she doesn't waste time endlessly circling on the hunt for parking. She pulls up to the covered lot next to Legal Sea Foods, pulls out $5, and hands her keys to a valet.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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By MARK JEWELL BOSTON - Finding a parking spot often requires drivers to summon their inner caveman: Scan the horizon for the target, then bag it before someone else does.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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Denying lay-bys the use of law enforcement In a bizarre follow-up to its 'Denying Criminals the Use of the Roads' strategy, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has announced an initiative that might perhaps be called, 'Assigning Criminals the Leasehold of the Lay-bys.' Things have come to a pretty pass, as crusty old Tory MPs might once have complained, when there are no-go areas for Britain's law-abiding citizens, but that indeed seems to be the message of "Truckers Beware."â¦
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By Jeffrey Gaunt  jgaunt@@dailyherald.com  The Elgin City Council this week went ahead with a plan to regulate utility facilities on public right-of-ways.
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By JULIAN WALKER  Red Cross volunteers, work crews and city employees were in Battery Park yesterday helping those dealing with storm and sewer water that was waist-high in spots.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jan. 30--GULFPORT -- Police don't often find a reason to arrest a citizen who calls for help to unlock a car.   But on Monday, officers responding to a 2:44 a.m.
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By Mark Fagan, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 22--Sweeping out the garage is a drag. Avoiding potholes is aggravating. Parking alongside a pile of long-since-cleared snow -- now a heap of soiled, black ice -- at the grocery store is far from appetizing.