Show FT ' -- I V ’I"' ! J ' r' :rsv ' rv Vf- V 'h'1'! 'i R scdurtmv-v- - ' July 20 2602 ' V ’ The Herald V ’ Vfy - Irf'v “ Journal' v ( IV if- ?' Our vie v “ ji ' ''"if'v fr - : v '! 1 Tr±' t v ' Cv ‘ - f V--- -' ' - Is parking war really necessary downtown? more than the offenders paid for Er their opera tickets If a business boots a customer’s car while they aren’t even open it’s a cinch that customer is not going to go back there some time when they are open — in fact the whole downtown area takes on an Eccles Theater patrons are being treated to a mde sur- prise After an enjoyable evening at die opera some of them — an estimated 30 to 40 last Saturday night — come back to their cars to find them booted ft seejns some businesses in die area most of which aren’t even open in die evening have con- traded with a private parking enforcement company to nab and fine the offending parkers Some illegal parkers said yes they saw the signs but there just wasn’t any other place itopanc' Out of desperation they left their cars in the convenient private lots behind the theater While on one hand downtown businessmen lament the decline of lagan’s core they are chasing away potential customers with tactic The SO d this for opera-goe“discount” percent to ($25 get your car unbooted vs the usual $50) is small consolation it's still probably v f - heavy-hande- rs unwelcoming atmosphere The parking enforcement company behind the recent bootings (which of course was just doing its job) argues that a business has to police its lots 24 hours a day if it expects compliance dining business hours but that’s ridiculous It's easy enough to tell who’s not supposed to be there in broad daylight That's why the businesses hired parking specialists for Pete’s sake Surely this parking situation can be negotiated between downtown business owners and the Festival Opera Without creating all this ill will among the populace Seems like a couple of free tickets to local business owners ought to smooth things over ' No ‘ Roughrider’ By DanM Schorr For The Christian Science Monitor warning to theater patrons should warn it’s patrons not to park in this lot In my opinion it is absurd to enforce parking restrictions in a lot during the evening when the medical building that the parking lot is intended for is closed for business The parking lot owners could sup- port the community and family orientated events by allowing patrons of the theater to park in this lot in the evening rather than make money off of unsuspecting people of it’s community md people who are visiting from other states To the editor Please inform all of the patrons of the Ellen Eccles Theater that they ' will have to pay a fine for parking in the parking lot behind the theater Tuesday night our family attended the Ellen Ecci Theater we parked in the lot behind the theater at around 6 pm When foe performance was over we found “boots" attached to the wheels of our cars and a summons to pay $50 which was taped to die window of our vehicles There was another vehicle also ticketed from Arizona as well as two vehicles with no tickets on themnext to my car Two of the three vehicles that were ticketed were from out of :(Utah) The booting company collected $25 from each of us giving us a “break” for going to the “opera” My brother and his family have attended the theater for years and parked in this lot and never encountered a problem until now The problem as I see it is in the ' signage of the lotThe signs are out of sight from die direction that we 7 approached and parked in the the signs are not lit The signage in this lot is facing away from my ' view when I got out of my car and walked to the theater I took a picture of this sign the next morning when the light was better from the angle In which I parked my car and walked : over to the entrance to the theater with my brother and his family Not only is the sign not in view (you can only see the bare wood back of die sign) but it’s position is too high for anyone to see clearly either driving '!' into the parking lot (we had to enter from the left lot as the side street ' was closed due to construction) nor is it dearly seen by anyone walking to the theater from parking their in the lot The lot should have signs that specifically say theater parking and ! Sharon Lakeside California Keht-Lan- Now playing: 'Son of the Boot’ To the editor Last night my wife and I and another couple went to the Ellen Eccles Theater to see “Son of the Shiefc” When we got out of the theater and went to die car we saw “Son of theBooL” Was I surprised to see today’s paper I must tell you that when we went to purchase our tick- ets neither my friend nor I were given any such brochure regarding parking or warnings There were two other groups who had the boot on ' their cars who were Loganites and weren’t aware of the problem While we were waiting to be released a young man who was associated with foe theater drove by ' and commiserated with us He said that he was very sorry but could offer no further assistance I suggested that the theater put a sign in the " lobby regarding the problem so that would aware made be of it people He thought it was agood idea and would mention it to some in die foe- ' 1' ater Mean while the $6 ticket had an additional “tax” of $25 lot-an- - t f ' t ' ' t ' s es ' - f Dr Edward Dresner Summer Citizen Vividly remembered in history arc Teddy Roosevelt die trust-bustiscourge of ng ' business-friendl- monopolies that were bleeding die consumer and Franklin R00- sevelt who closed the collapsing banks in 1933 and created the Securities and Exchange Commission to ride herd over corporate wrongdoing Humorist Will Rogers called foe SEC “a cop on the corner of Wall Street” In die current crisis of corporate malfeasance with Time magazine reporting 72 percent of Americans seeing a pattern of deception lYesident Bufo has failed so far to make himself the white knight who will slay the dragon of business wrongdoing Bush’s speech on Wall Street Calling for a new ethic of responsibility andstiffer prison sen- tences for fraud left America bnim- much-heralde- level you will At the find Army Secretary Tbm White of Enron Air Force Secretary James Roche of Northrop Grumman and Navy Secretary Gordon England of General Dynamics (Remember President Eisenhower’s denunciation sub-Cabin- et Americans don’t like government GXCept When things go wrong They are readyfor a crackdown and they look tO Coi gress rather than the Americans looked to an activist pres- idem to wMdpower against busiMsa A - —66 Lbuketedddwba Your view to lead charge y of “the dent to lead the way and the stock market'sink-H- is speech in Birmingham' AUC reassurances about the econl omy did no better It is not easy for Bush to position himself as leading the charge against the culture he comes from Question! continue over the sweetheart deals in which he was involved as a director of Harken enogy in 1990 New attention is being focused on how die president packed his administration with representatives of America He has a record four former CEOs in his Cabinet — Vice President ChenCy of Halliburton Corp (now upder investigation) neasury Secretary Paul O’Neill of Alcoa Defense Secretary Don ' Rumsfeld of General Instruments and Commerce Secretary Don Evans ctyhe Tom Brown Inc energy com- - d com- al plex”?) Under die circumstances it is Congress that has assumed the leadership role in tightening accounting regulation and making corporate executives more accountable The Senate did not wait for a cue from the White House before passing a regulatory bill 97 to 0 that a few weeks before would have hero thought inconceivable As bipartisan blocs continue to work on die more pervasive abuses of executive manip-ulation of stock options andaufotefr-consultaconflicts of interest we may be nearing the end of an era of deregulation that created foe climate for some of die scandalous practices being uncovered Americans don't like government except when dungs go wrong They are ready for a crackdown and they look to Congress rather than foe ' business-friendl- y president to lead die way presi- eor-pore- military-industri- nt te Daniel 8chorr la a senior news analyst at National Pubflc Radto Other views are last line of defense Chicago Trfouna tor Texans thriving pick- to heat but not airline ' ups pack pitots? The Bush administration’s reserva tions can be summed up this way: Pitota with guns Idbedaneeroi A bullet could pierce the plane’s con-tool panel A pilot wouldIbedistr ed from his duties if he had to shoot a hijacker No one needs any reminder foat airport security remains at best an uncertain proposition A few days it’s all right T JL he US House voted last week to allow pitots to cany guru in the cockpit but dxlmeiuurc has an uncertam futere largely because President Bush opposes if Wait ii minute Isn’t this the same politician who as governor of Texas signed a 1995 tow allowing Texan to cany concealed handguns for the first tune since die Wild West? So ' - ' bombs — even sticks of dynamite cruised past airport screeneii at least a quarter of die time in undercover tests at some airports nationwide ' Airport screening will never be foolproof As a last line of defense ! — one diat’s a for sight better dun to hoot down a dispatching the pitots be prelet hijacked jet pared to make rational decisions about Sow best to protect their plane and their passengers v - -- - F-1- 6s U: agothefedendgbyemment ' Mallard Fillmore Herald Joumal 1 !' ths Opinion paps Is Undid to soquaH rasdsis wNhawaiMy of ytawpoHst IMOOn of puMc bnportoios md prewds nw tjocowiunSy wtti a fcjnim torftofrvltwiPowoolurnnacadoonsandlsasrslomi' - H DoamMarnoare of VwoaloMDpora: - - riunwinruhMaaftM MITUhiMahap j wMOOmiV UQIfV V V19 'sNittbpuMtoKthaMwratottosdft wswvwty rtflhfloodlalliairslooonfonn nqidfwnwnln of thptb tfw tangth and naiaMiMimr V ! f : t i r: V I ’ ' TypswnBtn and nadsrSraAscttw opinions oIVNirwrtlsn and creators EdNorialiundsrthohsadbnTXv DARRELL EHRUCKMyodMor- ni rllfwjJOUnW sdaorPUsnlMyRMlousorjotenaivlsnsra:' dotoMpoosa NomontnnSSOwordilnlingM Addreasod and Muds dsydms phono V : : 8tonadbyttwaudior : UHH ID ’I t IndMdirelB are Imbad lb ono publshad lal tar wtMn any today pariod Address lfllllf"ilnfllM0ln UUSH OOnI - v t : j Jm vndiukwfmmmltokgatfMoutoftwtuttitMdtcftontfMtftrorfangliSiulofaut 'u" VJ i" -- 1 : ry- t 7 V |