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How Much Does It Cost To Take Down And Put Back Up a Sign The Next Day?

1/9/2013

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from www.everythinglakewood.com

"You know those ‘No Parking’ signs in front of many schools throughout Lakewood? Well they’re there for our children’s safety. No parking during school hours allows for safe drop-off and pickup of school children. It also permits buses to properly park rather than block traffic while loading and unloading at a school.

This week these ‘no parking’ signs in front of an elementary school on 6th street were removed, endangering school children and causing traffic issues. The Department of Public Works stated “we received orders from Committeeman Steven Langert to remove the signs”, sources say. 


Under what authority did Steven Langert order the removal of these signs? Is Langert once again acting alone using his position to further his personal agendas with total disregard to proper procedure and at the expense of our children?

It is worth noting though, the signs are back up. Newly appointed Mayor Isaac Akerman ordered the signs be reinstalled after learning about their unapproved removal
."

The comments on the website argued about whether it is proper to have an entire block reserved for buses to pick up and drop off schoolchildren. Why not allow parking excluding the hours that the buses need to be there?

The simple answer is that if one were allowed to park any hours of a school day there would inevitably be someone parked when a bus needs to pull up. The annoyance to have cars towed before the buses arrive is reason enough to not allow parking all days that school is in session.

If you have any problem with the inconvenience, perhaps you should start by removing the barrier that closes seventh street between Clifton and Lexington Avenue all day simply because children must cross a few times a day to the park. If it is understandable that an entire street should be blocked on school days, surely it makes sense to reserve a few parking spots for our children's safety as well.

I guess the deputy has an itchy trigger finger. Please think next time before you shoot (or remove a sign).
10 Comments
Wadaloser
1/9/2013 04:45:24 pm

Typical Steve. The guy doesn't think before he does. Then he spends the rest of his time defending himself. A total shoita.

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Former mayor
1/9/2013 08:54:21 pm

Hh you will soon not have to write any more about steve, as a prominent lakewood resident just pleaded guilty to the Feds last week, part of the agreement is to sing about his croneys in crime so he should get less then 25 years.

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Double Standard?
1/9/2013 09:11:31 pm

Of Interest is that in the picture there is a school bus parked in front of the sign on your picture. Do I smell double standard?

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Ovadi
1/10/2013 01:18:05 am

How do you say it's parked?
How the hell are they supposed to pick up kids?
Should they wait in mid-street?

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Mispalel
1/9/2013 10:19:35 pm

I pray at the shul next door. The people who took over hebrew day have made it very difficult to park. They block off areas and stick papers on our cars. They also make sure to park a bus in the 'no parking zone'. Why cant they load and unload the children on 5th st and let us park when we come to pray?

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moshe
1/9/2013 11:35:17 pm

Maybe you should ask the "rabbi" of that shul why he was moser to the police department on two frum members of the Lakewood community and having them arrested and putting them in jail! time to get a new leader in ur shul

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Joel
1/9/2013 11:37:29 pm

idk what ur issue is. there has always been problems with ppl parking there so buses cant pick up or drop off kids safely so they just block it off the whole time.

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Ovadi
1/10/2013 01:31:26 am

For your information:
That area has been ordinanced by the township as a no parking/school zone for many years BEFORE the current school purchased the property.

Out of the kindness of Rabbis Burstine, as long as the school got by without 'needing it', they didnt ask the township to enforce it.

Oh - By-the-way, did I mention that they 'purchased the property'?
If it's their property & they dont want you to park there ... then DON'T PARK THERE!

PS Let me tell you one more thing: I've known Rabbi Burstine for close to 40 years. He WOULD let ANYONE park on his property. People told me that he DID let, however when the people of the shul or its visitors, drove thru the SCHOOL'S property & parked haphazardly -- many times putting children's lives at risk, he realized that this 'niceness' (lifnim meesheeras hadin) couldnt possibly go on.

Sorry! (kind of)

Moral of the story:
Next time dont risk losing the kindness of nice people!

chaim
1/10/2013 10:10:15 pm

I go to the school why can't the shul just park on 5th street in their lot that they own there?

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Thelakewoodtimes
1/9/2013 11:47:34 pm

It is meant for the school buses so they obviously leave one there to make sure nobody ignores the sign. I am not sure what a double standard smells like. Probably like a politicians cologne.

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