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Hello, I have only lived here a few years but each October they have always put up those orange resident only parking signs. Well, first time but called the police today about some tourists parking right in front of the signs and asked they be ticketed/towed. I took the time and went to get the Halloween parking pass as a resident. Turns out, there was NO POINT! When I called the police they said I would have to talk to the City Council because they were told they cannot ticket cars on certain streets! What a kick in my already-overtaxed butt!! Apparently they do not want to send bad vibes to tourists. And yet, when I, a RESIDENT, went over on a parking meter, I got a ticket! What is even the point of having these signs put up?? Just to give the DPW people something to do? I have read about how the current administration does not care about its residents but now I am really seeing it. Thanks for the push, Salem, I had an accepted offer on buying a house with my girlfriend but nope! Not going to buy in a place (we had a business plan submitted as well) and pay my property/business taxes to a city that clearly does not care about its residents. I used to really like Salem, told everyone they should come here, good place to live, etc. Past few years things have really gone downhill. Now a complete and total disregard for residents, cow-towing to tourists has ruined it.
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Mayor's Office (Verified Official)
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JaredR (Registered User)
Next chance we get we should raise the parking violation fee to $200, just like Handicap spots.
Reopened l91 (Registered User)
@Mrs. Wolf, sorry, but this is 100% true. We were told the exact same thing on the phone by the police dispatcher when we called. I will swear an affidavit on it and would be happy to meet with JoshWard5 (my own ward councilor has not returned my calls or emails) at the police station to find out who is lying here. We are also not the only people to have been told this!
We cannot speak for everyone else, but will say that since the first time we called, they have not said that. HOWEVER, they have also NOT come out to respond. So the disabled people on the street cannot park near their homes because non-residents are parking there and the police are not responding. It is possible that the council told the police not to ticket for the first wkd of October or up until the parade (residents do come down from around the city).
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