While this seems like a minor incident, I do think it reflects a growing two-tier society in America where certain connected people are not only granted privilege when it comes to low interest loans, bailouts and a free pass on the rule of law, but increasingly, also special treatment in the smaller things. Incredibly, in Boston, bureaucrats’ parking spaces are immediately cleaned off even while those of the handicapped remain covered in snow. From The Boston Herald:
With much of Massachusetts buried under mountains of snow while residents shoveled out their cars, state lawmakers parked on Beacon Hill in special snow-free parking spaces courtesy of taxpayer-funded plows, the Truth Squad has found.
The free, reserved spaces for lawmakers around the State House were cleared of all snow within hours after the storm ended, while spaces reserved for city residents still remain entombed in snow, untouched by city plows.
But the public doesn’t get such fast action. All parking on other roads and parkways maintained by the DCR was banned until Tuesday — two days after the Legislature’s spots were cleared.
It’s the same story on Mount Vernon Street. There’s absolutely no snow on the Legislature’s parking side. But on the other side, even a spot reserved for handicapped drivers is still buried in snow that city crews haven’t removed.
I can see a day in the future where CEOs and other people deemed important will also have their own special parking spaces plowed quickly and spotlessly on the taxpayers’ dime. After all, regular citizens are clearly not a priority these days.
Full article here.
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Mike
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