Mayor Marty Walsh Tries To Crackdown On Threatening Place Holder Messages

BostonMag – In a press conference this morning to debrief on this week’s blizzard, Walsh says he is calling for a crackdown on threatening signs affixed to the place-holding objects.“If we see these signs up there, I will instruct public works to pick up the space saver and throw them in the truck. We are not going to be threatening people,” he says. “Respect each other.’’According to the city’s policy, space savers are allowed in the city for the 48 hours after a storm has passed. Boston’s snow emergency designation was lifted at 8 a.m. on Friday. Space savers are always banned in the South End.

First things first. I am so anti space saver it’s not even funny. I have a long and storied history of rallying against this ancient process. I mean if I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times. NOBODY should be allowed to save spots in the street. It’s crazy town. I don’t care if you shoveled out or not. You don’t own that spot. It’s a fucking street spot. If somebody parks in your spot that means they came from another spot that is now open. Like these cars aren’t coming from mars. Everybody has to shovel out. Everytime somebody takes a new spot that means an old one opened up. It’s just common sense. Now I’m not saying I’d steal somebody’s spot in Southie because Southie people got nothing better to do than stab you over it, but the whole system is ridiculous. Where are Southie people going anyways? I thought Southie people didn’t leave Southie in the first place? What are they saving their spot to go to PS coffee?
However if we are going to allow this process to exist than by all means you should be able to threaten people. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Nobody respects just a cone. People do respect threatening to key their car or stab you. So either get rid of the process all together or let Southie people do Southie things.