Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-06 | Page 3 | Indignant Self Fine Payer Hits 'Hogging' of Car Space

Indignant Self Fine Payer Hits Hogging of Car Space From the ample stretches of ot Los Angeles comes a 8 suggestion of ot how to relieve the crisis In Salt Lake City's parking situation The answer it appears is a little little lit lit- tle tie more consideration on the part of ot those who pick parking spots and a little less Jess zeal on the part of ot officers tagging double parkers The opinion is handed down by Mrs Cleo G. G Van Cott whose 2 penalty was received Thursday from the land of or eternal spring spring- time Inasmuch as Governor Merriam probably would n not t have signed extradition papers anyway it appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears she paid 2 for tor the thc pleasure of ot telling the police police department The offense double parking was committed January 31 It is positively disgusting the amount of or space careless careless care care- less Jess curb parking she writes to Dear Desk Sergeant With Villi a note of pardonable pride In her city's police force torce whose activities now have been extended extend extend- ed to the Arizona Nevada and Oregon state lines Mrs Van Cott remarks If If that happened in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles they'd never get away without without with with- out a fine I Then she explains what motivated motivated moti moti- her flaunting Daunting of law and order The man to her right had parked right smack dab in the middle of two places wasting space to the left o of him and splice space to the right of ot him Accordingly Mrs Van Cott parked in the street to to the rear of or him When the inconsiderate stranger strang strang- er wanted to leave instead of ot using his head and letting Mrs Van Cotts Cott's car coast down grade graden a n little he walked walled clear to the thc corner buttonholed an officer and had the visitors visitor's car tagged Mrs Van Cott was so angry that If I could have gotten that mans man's license number I would have turned him in for being a parking sp space cc hog apparently She Sho had the officers officer's word that the man occupied too much room As if attempting to set class against class she co concluded Ill bet he isn't even a taxpayer I am