Living in your car is devastating enough without the costs of tickets, registration fees, impoundment and car repair bills. Can the city pull together an intentional plan that includes an amendment to the scofflaw ordinance that recognizes an alternative path of enforcement for vehicle residents?
Joseph Mills and his girlfriend, Katy, were parked near the McDonald’s on Fourth Avenue South. As they cleaned out their red van, discarding trash bags and tidying, Katy looked up.
“Joe, I think they are coming over here,” she said.
Soon, Mills found himself persuading a police officer not to take his home away. ...