Comments on: Does Norwalk Need A Blight Czar?

By: Old Timer

Old Timer — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:37:09 +0000

Czar ? We don’t need a czar. We need enforcement. A police officer specialist, much like the graffiti specialist, Jim Byington. Jim was a veteran police officer who specialiased in grafitti, very effectively. From time to time, the police dept has established specialized assignments dealing with particular problems, with considerable success. John Lysobey ran a very successful car theft squad that cut down on car thefts in Norwalk and helped put organised car theft rings out of business. All it takes is intense focus on a problem, including committing some manpower. I know the department is short handed, always has been, but manages anyway.
A few well publicized arrests for littering, illegal dumping, etc. would have a dramatic effect. Now the general belief is that nobody cares. There are some special problems, like 93 East Ave, that are not so easily solved. The City has the rarely used power to condemn and demolish hazardous buildings. I think it already condemned 93 East Ave, years ago.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:55:47 +0000

Everyday, I see trash, cigarettes, lunch bags thrown from passing cars. There are yards with weeds a foot tall. The old Fitch street school is disgusting. 95/7, 93 East Av, the list goes on. Some individuals and city hall could do a lot better with just a bit more care. We would all be a lot better for it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:39:54 +0000

I like “Happy Depends Day.” Brought to you by Medicare, of course.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:27:01 +0000

#15 We won’t need to euthanize; we will have National heathcare, so no one will live to 65.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:18:35 +0000

Good posts Everyone. Happy Dependance Day!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:50:11 +0000

I just retired from the BOE (great time to get out!) and we used to regularly get e-mails when people had to go to workshops warning us that we should car pool because of the inadequate parking – and that if we parked in a no parking area we would be ticketed and/or towed. The no parking areas include up against the track and all the slots set aside there for the city cars. But we HAD to go to the workshops! Did I personally ever get a ticket – no – and if I had I’d have ripped it up and mailed it back, minus the money. They may have let the person go but there definnitely was at least one person ticketing cars at City Hall.

By: OLD TIMER

OLD TIMER — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:43:36 +0000

Who is writing tickets at City Hall. ? Esposito put a stop to that for a lot of reasons. It would be interesting to see what parking violations they enforce. I’ll bet they do not have police officers writing parking tickets at City Hall.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:17:21 +0000

While we’re at it, let’s get rid of Medicare. No, better thought: let’s euthanize everyone over 65. That way, both Medicare and Social Security won’t be needed anymore and the conservative hypocrites who whine and rail against the government will have to start finding something else to bitch about.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:39:02 +0000

I have a better idea; get rid of Social Security.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:33:16 +0000

I’m #1. I’ve been having to go down to the Social Security office and into that hateful parking garage lately to straighten out a little bureaucratic snafu and the whole area is DISGUSTING. Shouldn’t the federal government be obligated to keep their property neat and clean and to provide adequate parking.
BUT – speaking of parking, I just had a brainstorm. Get rid of the people who give you parking tickets at City Hall, since we citizens shouldn’t have to walk a mile to conduct business with our city government and most of us weren’t involved with the inadequate foresight that left what has to be the PRETTIEST city hall in the state without enough parking. So let us park wherever we’re lucky enough to get a space – and let the parking people go issue tickets to all the slobs in town!