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Granny's $100 ticket - for throwing out newspaper
New York Post ^ | 12/8/10 | Jessica Simeone

Posted on 12/08/2010 12:13:27 PM PST by Nachum

What a bunch of garbage! An elderly Manhattan woman living on Social Security was slapped with a $100 ticket -- just for throwing away a newspaper in a city trash can. Delia Gluckin, 80, tossed the paper in a bin right outside her Inwood apartment building Saturday morning, only to be ambushed by an overzealous Department of Sanitation agent wielding a handheld computertized ticket book. "I was walking to take the subway downtown and dropped it in a trash can, and this lady in a blue uniform ran up to me," Gluckin told The Post.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; grannys; greenieweenies; greenpolice; newspaper; policestate; revenuetickets; throwing; ticket
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To: RWGinger

>>This is one stupid cop using an ill defined ordinance to harrass an elderly woman.<<

You aughta see some of the traffic enforcement officers at Ohare airport. My daughter in law was slowing down behind a rental car van, trying to find a place to pick up my wife after a flight. The cop chased her down and handed her a parking ticket, even though SHE NEVER CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.


21 posted on 12/08/2010 12:39:23 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Nachum

Bloomie’s trying to collect every dime he can.


22 posted on 12/08/2010 12:43:11 PM PST by samtheman
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To: DannyTN
What is “improper refuse”.

It appears that refers to someone who takes their household trash out to the curbside bins.

The officer was certainly out of line in this case. Hope the old lady beats it.

23 posted on 12/08/2010 12:44:16 PM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Nachum; The Comedian

First thing to say when an officer tries to ticket you for throwing away non-toxic trash...

“Meester, you aren’t writing me up for being in this country illegally are you?”

Problem will never be reported.


24 posted on 12/08/2010 12:44:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

They ticket the landlords?


25 posted on 12/08/2010 12:45:41 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
Change the item. Your dog poops on the sidewalk. You leave it there. Landlord gets fined for the poop. Is this correct?

Has a homeless person ever been fined for not picking up his poop off the sidewalk?

26 posted on 12/08/2010 12:46:07 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: samtheman

There was as big stink in Seattle a couple of years ago where the city was being accused of instructing the meter maids to enforce parking to the letter of the law as much as possible. They denied it, of course, but they had a hard time explaining the guy that got a ticket for leaving his lights on when he parked. :)

The really funny part was that the Rita had a hard time finding just the right thing to actually charge him with. That is because, as it played out, the city admitted that it is not illegal to park with your lights on.

I’ve said, since about 2006, that as cities get cash strapped, one effective way to increase “taxes” is to start “iron fist” enforcement of laws - speeding tickets for going one mile over, stuff like that. I’m actually surprised that it hasn’t increased all that much, or if at all, frankly.


27 posted on 12/08/2010 12:47:18 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
NO! The Sanitation cop did the right thing and should be rewarded. She finally ticketed the correct party instead of landlords who have to pay fines for what their tenants do.

So everyone who throws trash in the trash bins in NY streets should be fined? I don't think so.

All this lady did was throw away a newspaper. She wasn't throwing out her household trash.

Maybe you should read the article next time.

28 posted on 12/08/2010 12:48:21 PM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
So we have the terms “litter”, “garbage” and “refuse” being used here. What is the legal definition of each?

A litter is a batch of new kittens.

Garbage is what the New York Times produces daily.

Refuse is how I listen to the lies told on The Obama Show.

29 posted on 12/08/2010 12:48:38 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: RobRoy
That is because, as it played out, the city admitted that it is not illegal to park with your lights on.

My Oldsmobile turns the headlights on when I use the wireless remote to open the door.

The headlights automatically come on when it is determined to be "dark" out.

The headlights remain lit for about 5 seconds after the engine has been turned off.

30 posted on 12/08/2010 12:50:42 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: DannyTN
What’s the point of having city litter baskets, if you can’t put garbage in them?
From the article:I can understand the city wanting to stop that.
On the other hand, the "meter maid" should have allowed her to remove the paper. No harm, no foul.
31 posted on 12/08/2010 12:52:04 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Nachum
NYC... where no job is too small.

These trash police should open up shop on the southern border... maybe help stop the influx of illegals.

32 posted on 12/08/2010 12:53:29 PM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: MEGoody
All this lady did was throw away a newspaper. She wasn't throwing out her household trash. Maybe you should read the article next time.

Actually, she threw out the newspaper that was inside a plastic bag. Apparently there is a problem with residents carrying their garbage out to the city litter containers. It would look like that if someone saw here carrying a bag out to the litter container.

Maybe you should read the whole article next time.

33 posted on 12/08/2010 12:54:03 PM PST by SeeSac
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Maybe she should have thrown it in the street, thenit would be litter, then she could pick it up and place it in the litter basket.

Give ten cents worth of authority to a two cent brain and this is what you get.


34 posted on 12/08/2010 12:54:37 PM PST by Venturer
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To: a fool in paradise
"Has a homeless person ever been fined for not picking up his poop off the sidewalk?"

I don't know about the homeless, but I do know a landlord is fined for the poop.

35 posted on 12/08/2010 12:55:09 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Nachum

If the paper was a NY Times, that would qualify as trash.


36 posted on 12/08/2010 12:57:53 PM PST by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: rwfromkansas
"They ticket the landlords?"

Yes they do. The landlord finds the ticket in the building's vestibule and a copy through the mail. They then either choose to fight the ticket or pay for it. Depending on what's more important, wasted time or wasted money.

37 posted on 12/08/2010 12:58:36 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Nachum

Imagine the fine she’d have gotten if she’d littered by dropping it on the ground. Can’t win.


38 posted on 12/08/2010 12:59:20 PM PST by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: MEGoody
"All this lady did was throw away a newspaper. She wasn't throwing out her household trash."

Newspapers are a recyclable item. Everyone knows this.

39 posted on 12/08/2010 1:00:50 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Nachum

She should’ve brought it onto the subway and left it on the seat for the next person to read. I haven’t bought a paper in years.


40 posted on 12/08/2010 1:06:06 PM PST by Oratam
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