Happy Thanksgiving!
2009 has been a rough year for most everyone.
Despite how tough it’s been, let me give you a few things we all should be thankful for.
Your spouse or significant other, your kids or family members, a warm bed in a warm house, food on the table, and living free in the best country on earth. I’m sure there’s more, but I will leave it to you to express gratitude for all the things you’re grateful for.
This Thanksgiving, eat some turkey and stuffing, but also count your blessings and be thankful for what we do have.
It’s my sincerest wish you and yours have a great Thanksgiving.
IMPORTANT GEEK NOTES:
*CDOT warns of a major street closure starting early Thursday morning. Of course, because it’s the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, State Street, from Congress to Randolph which will be closed and affecting every other street that intersects State street downtown, by closing them down to thru traffic.
So, unless you’re going to the parade, I wouldn’t even dream of parking or driving close to the heart of the Loop on Thursday.
*Although it’s not a meter holiday so you technically should feed your meters, I think enforcement, if it even exists at all, will be very light.
I do know PEAs will have the day off and maybe even Friday, but I haven’t confirmed that yet.
*But, according to my new source we’ll call “Deep Boot,” there will be no booting Thursday or Friday. Although, there may be boot vans doing boot releases those two days.
So enjoy your holiday relatively enforcement free.
UPDATE: Our PEA pal Ticketmaster reports that enforcement will be essentially at full strength Friday, despite the fact that it’s a furlough day for all other city workers. I guess ticket writing is now considered an emergency service like police or firefighting.
Also, our good friend and PEA, DoR Employee says SERCO enforcement was on the street Thursday enforcing meters.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Geek!
Happy Turkey Day to all.
I saw SerCo Vans out and about as I was on my way home from the Parade.
Happy Tryptophan Thursday!!!
How much for one rib?
Very well put Geek, my sentiments too.
DoR-
How was the parade? Did you bring kids?
It was great…..took little DoR and the Mrs.
Hope everyone had a good day yesterday. To my coworkers who have to work today, please be careful out there.For everyone else, please enjoy your holiday.
SERCO is simply thanking us for our largess with the meter deal. Mush have truly sucked for their employees though. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.
OIFVet…….SerCo was around before the Meter Lease was signed.
SerCo is around because the city doesn’t want to pay overtime on Saturdays and Sundays for Parking Enforcement; as a result of the CPD being broken in morale from a lack of a contract.
I was at Exchequer last night (Friday) on Wabash and at about 11:00 pm I saw what I assumed to be SERCO walking the streetwith a back pocket full of tickets.
Must of been a field day – downtown full of holiday shoppers who are pouring their money into Chicago businesses but may have forgotten their meters for a bit. “Let’s get those suckers who may have shopped a little longer than they planned and really persuade them to not come shop here again next year.”
Nice holiday spirit.
11:00 pm – for God’s sake.
DOR Employee, it is a meter deal related afair. There were parking meter holidays before the lease, now there are not (and to me that is simply not right). So I stand by my assertion that SERCO thanked us for our largess by siccing their poor employees on us on Thanksgiving, depriving them of a holiday same as the deal deprived the driving public of meter holidays. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday by far and this galls me even more because of that.
Mayor Daley should have worked the streets alongside the SERCO employees if it is so important to have Thanksgiving Day enforcement