Wednesday, June 27, 2018

ISN'T IT TIME "ELVIS" STOPS BEING A CHEATING SCOFFLAW?

For five years or more, a "computer repair" scofflaw has been papering the city with "REPAIR" signs.  You've seen them:  



UPDATE JUNE 1st: LAST MONTH, NOBODY SAW ANY OF THESE SIGNS. IT'S POSSIBLE "ELVIS" GOT FINED ENOUGH TO STOP, OR JUST GOT ENOUGH TAX-FREE BUSINESS TO BE TOO BUSY TO POST MORE.

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WHAT is keeping this guy around, with his corny "ASK FOR ELVIS" line, and his stupid photo of a poor sick computer with a thermometer in its mouth? 

Why is this city of bureaucrats and buck-passers unable to stop a JERK from taping signs to bus shelters every other day, and hitting every traffic signal box and lamppost? It's been going on for YEARS, with on-and-off blitzes on bus shelters. 

Whoever is PUBLIC ADVOCATE doesn't return calls or emails. Whoever answers the phone at 311 is bound to waste 15 minutes of the caller's time in asking "now what is this?" And "excuse me I'm not sure what agency handles this." And "let me write this down..." 

Sanitation may or may NOT keep an eye out for more signs. If they're told a sign is on a bus shelter on 86th, they will not bother to look and see if there's another on 88th or 90th, and the template on the Sanitation website doesn't give room for more than about 100 words to explain the problem.   

What is the solution? ACTION when a report is made. 

SCOFFLAWS should pay DOUBLE the fine EVERY time they are caught.

The city should have a law that makes sure that the phone number on the sign is DISCONNECTED IMMEDIATELY. Don't make it so easy for these creeps to use the same number.  

There are plenty of legit computer repair services around who PAY TAXES and have a STOREFRONT and are RESPONSIBLE. The city shouldn't be rewarding cheats or putting gullible citizens at risk of identity theft or other scams. 

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