Push
Of all the assorted miscreants that the AAPD cracks down on around this time of year, we probably have the least sympathy for tailgaters who can’t be bothered to throw their trash in a trash can - especially since, unlike those unlucky partiers who stumble into one of the Old Fourth Ward’s cell phone sting operations, they’re always given warnings first. But a throwaway line in the News story hints at more alarming designs: “It’s part of a city-wide push to go after problematic neighbors.” This is the first we’ve heard of such a push. Oh, we’re aware of various initiatives or programs or ordinances, but not a push. Isn’t a push something that’s kind of organized?
“Community Standards Unit” sounds vaguely Orwellian to me.
posted by Anna on September 13th, 2004 at 3:02 pm e“It’s part of a city-wide push to go after problematic neighbors”?? Sounds vaguely like rhetoric from the pre-civil-rights era to me.
posted by Nick on September 13th, 2004 at 8:25 pm eWhat Nick said. Ypsi seems a tad more live and let live. One of my neighbors has his boat parked by his mailbox. Permanently. Another has “the decibel kids.” And we all lawn-park. Nobody cares and all get along.
posted by Laura on September 13th, 2004 at 8:44 pm eThey mean “putsch.”
posted by js on September 14th, 2004 at 10:16 am eYpsilanti Township doesn’t care what you do. If you lawn park in the city, you’ll get towed (and that’s the way it should be).
posted by KJ on September 14th, 2004 at 3:54 pm eCell phone sting? Can someone please explain?
posted by Dan on September 21st, 2004 at 3:27 pm e