Are Pedestrians Second Class Citizens?

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  • Here's an elderly Parma resident doing her duty and complying with ordinance 660.05. If someone like her can see to it, what is wrong with all the younger, able-bodied residents who won't? Why isn't the city enforcing our wise law that requires everyone to clear their sidewalks within 12 hours of a snow event?

  • Commercial property at Snow Rd. and Chevrolet Blvd. Not only is the sidewalk buried, but they have seen fit to plow the snow from their parking lot where it totally obstructs the sidewalk. I had witnessed dozens of people, including children, having no choice but to walk in the street at this point.

  • Finding this unacceptable, I took it upon myself to clear the sidewalk of the 5 foot snowpile, rendering it passable, even though I didn't put it there, the plowing contractor for the property owner did. Note the buried sidewalk in front of the property looking west on Snow Rd.

  • The sidewalk in front of my neighbor's house. Never shoveled - not a frail elderly person either. Who do you think shovels it then? I'll give you a hint - he's the Publisher of the Parma Observer!

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