Crystal Lake Police Fail To Enforce Parking Restricts on Saturday

Yesterday, I reported on how a Crystal Lake Policeman had issued a flurry of tickets on streets surrounding South Elementary School on school three days last week.

Saturday was Fun Fair day.

My wife was already there, helping in the Bingo room.

After picking up some photos at Sam’s Club, my son and I drove to the school on Spruce Lane. Look at all the cars we saw illegally parked.

But, then again, when most parents come to school, there could not possibly be enough legal parking spots.

When my son and I arrived at the grade school’s Fun Fair, vehicles were parked on Golf Road, too, the same way they were when targeted on weekdays.

Look closely to the right of the telephone pole and you can see the “No Parking” sign. (Click to enlarge any photo.)

And, there were cars in the other direction, as well.

But there was not ticket writing policeman today.

Friday morning I could see tickets on every car parked in the same places on Golf Road. And I left my camera home.

I managed to find a parking space in the employee parking lot. I don’t want to write another article like this one:

I Scoflaw

Just in case there was a repeat performance of what I saw during “drop off the kids” time.

When we left the school about a hour an a half after arriving, I saw no tickets.

Waiting for my son to use all of his Fun Fair tickets, I read a Thursday (yeah, I was a bit behind on my reading) Chicago Tribune AP story by Deborah Baker entitled,

“School arrest tests immigration ruling”

It told of a pregnant 18-year old Roswell, New Mexico, who got a parking ticket “for blocking a fire lane outside a school.”

Plus not having a driver’s license.

And, then, if that were not enough bad news for her, the woman, a Roswell High School senior named Karina Acosta, was asked “for proof of legal U.S. residency.”

She didn’t have any, so was taken the 200 miles to the Mexican border and repatriated.

The article says 44% of Roswell is “at least 44% Hispanic.”

It also points out a 1982 United States Supreme Court decision “guarantees children who are in the U.S. illegally the right to a public education, and says schools cannot inquire about immigration status.”

Just in case you were wondering whether lack of enforcement of immigration laws costa you anything.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *