Parking Privatization in LA


Image couresy of LAist.com

Just putting it out there: the city of Los Angeles is considering a plan to privatize parking enforcement.

I’m just one guy, but in this one guy’s humble opinion this plan has FAIL written all over it.

I hate getting parking tickets as much as the next guy, but I’d much rather have it handled by a bureaucracy than a for-profit corporation. I don’t want some CEO raising parking fines so he can improve the profit of his stock purchasing plan.

VIDEO: Gumball 3000 footage of THE HOFF and KITT with Gumball decals FTW!

Seeing that Mustang earlier really stirred something up in me.

2008 Gumball 3000 Rally: The People from DanceMediaVentures on Vimeo.

I’ve seen a bunch of Gumball rally videos on file sharing networks and even a few on Youtube. I kind of remembered there being one in the US last year, so I went looking for high quality video on Vimeo and found this!

The above video has the Hof posing in front of a “KITT” Trans-Am. It’s set at the opening of the Gumball rally in front of the Fairmont in San Francisco and KITT is all decked out in Gumball decals.

New (2010) Mustang spotted

Just got back from lunch with a friend. As I drove down Fairfax approaching the onramp for the I-10 westbound I noticed a Mustang I hadn’t seen yet. This 2010 Mustang has been, until now, rarely seen in the wild, let alone in its natural habitat. It has apparently molted in preparation for the warm summer months, having shed its convertible soft top.

Click for emgiggened versions.