http://christopherwink.com/2009/10/12/metro-qa-with-parking-wars-tv-show-producers/ Sharing my work and writing about media convergence, entrepreneurship and the future of news Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://christopherwink.com/2009/10/12/metro-qa-with-parking-wars-tv-show-producers/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 DM Sun, 08 May 2011 05:06:01 +0000 http://christopherwink.com/?p=4748#comment-2481 Just watched an episode that shows how pathetic the PPA is run from the top down. Person from Delaware is ticketed & car was towed. There is a computer problem from DE showing her registration is suspended. She has letter from judge stating registration is clear; the PPA clerk was actually helpful (because she's on camera?), and actually spoke to some authority from DE and confirmed the registration was clear. So we know the owner paid the fines; we know the car is clear to be released; we know there is a computer error listing a problem with the registration; the PPA staff confirmed all this with DE. Did they say, "ok, take your car, this is clearly a computer error"? No! They said, "you can pay someone to come tow your car off of the lot- we can't let you drive it off of our lot because it's listed as not being registered in the computer". Unbelievable. Eventually, several hours later, tech support fixed the problem,band the lady got her far back. but come on now, seriously- how is this acceptable? And this is the kind of crap people are up against with the PPA, SEPTA, DRPA, you name it. If you are anywhere near Philadelphia and dealing with any acronym-group that is run by the government, or is itself a quasi-governmental agency, this is what you can expect. Just watched an episode that shows how pathetic the PPA is run from the top down. Person from Delaware is ticketed & car was towed. There is a computer problem from DE showing her registration is suspended. She has letter from judge stating registration is clear; the PPA clerk was actually helpful (because she’s on camera?), and actually spoke to some authority from DE and confirmed the registration was clear. So we know the owner paid the fines; we know the car is clear to be released; we know there is a computer error listing a problem with the registration; the PPA staff confirmed all this with DE. Did they say, “ok, take your car, this is clearly a computer error”? No! They said, “you can pay someone to come tow your car off of the lot- we can’t let you drive it off of our lot because it’s listed as not being registered in the computer”. Unbelievable. Eventually, several hours later, tech support fixed the problem,band the lady got her far back. but come on now, seriously- how is this acceptable? And this is the kind of crap people are up against with the PPA, SEPTA, DRPA, you name it. If you are anywhere near Philadelphia and dealing with any acronym-group that is run by the government, or is itself a quasi-governmental agency, this is what you can expect.

]]> http://christopherwink.com/2009/10/12/metro-qa-with-parking-wars-tv-show-producers/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 mark Sun, 08 May 2011 03:18:21 +0000 http://christopherwink.com/?p=4748#comment-2480 I live in ky, but I've spent my whole life in thankless but proud jobs (retired from the coast guard, now a city worker) . I feel their pride,and wish them the best. Thank ppa and thanks to A&E for bringing us the show! I live in ky, but I’ve spent my whole life in thankless but proud jobs (retired from the coast guard, now a city worker) . I feel their pride,and wish them the best. Thank ppa and thanks to A&E for bringing us the show!

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