SPOKANE VALLEY - One Valley neighborhood has been kept clear of snow and ice thanks to one generous neighbor but on Thursday Valley police told Troy Garcia to stop plowing the street. Garcia’s been using his four wheeler with a blade on the front to plow out his neighbors and clear the street of our record snowfall. Almost all the neighbors say Garcia is the only reason they’ve been able to get out the past two weeks. But one neighbor, who is a county roads supervisor, called police and reported Garcia is plowing snow into the street, which is illegal, so police told him to stop. Neighbors say Garcia is not leaving snow in the street and that he’s plowing snow into the berms left by the county plows.
Garcia is frustrated as he just wanted to help his neighbors and now can’t. “I don’t think it’s very fair we get out tight community, we jut get them down to the road so they can go do their business or in case of emergency that’s all we’re doing. We’re not trying to take anyone’s job or start any fires,” Garcia said. Valley police say that pushing snow into the street is a crime and falls under disorderly conduct. Even thought Garcia isn’t really leaving snow in the right of way, Valley police say it’s illegal to use a four wheeler on city streets and could result in a $124 ticket.
I suspect the County Roads Supervisor just wanted a reason to stay home, fully paid of course. This guy would be welcome at my house… anytime.
errr. #13 not #8.
It seems every town has an idiot working there.
Should have ploughed him in.
You people have forgotton the basic fact that the streets do not belong to the people, they belong to the government.
Just ask the government, they will tell you I am correct.
#19, Dude, that sucks.
Is this anything like prohibiting people from working on the electrical distribution system or the public sewers?
Why?
Not putting leaves into the street makes sense to me==how come putting snow into the street does not?
How do we make these judgments?
The neighbors need to throw an extended blanket party for the asshole that turned the good Samaritan in.
The bullies are winning
I believe this is all about this one neighborhood getting cleared streets, and the county roads supervisor is worried about other neighborhoods complaining about their roads not being cleared.
On a different note, what if he had a big snowblower and was throwing the snow into the yards instead of the side of the street. My guess the powers that be would find something else to threaten him with to get him to stop.
In our neck of the woods, the county plows will fill up your drive entrance. Then along comes a county 4X4 that will push the snow out of the drive. The 4X4 might take a little longer, but eventually they will get to you. Of course, if you do it for them they greatly appreciate it as it makes it that much faster for them to get to the next house.
In this case I would be phoning the city or county and talking to my representative. The chances are pretty good that they don’t (and won’t) know until someone tells them. Talking to your local representative isn’t so they know what they have to do to keep their job, it is so they may act on your behalf.
@BillM – Well, I guess the part I missed telling was that we lived on a tier 3 street that the city/county never plowed before (7 years) so if we had known we would have waited.
I would have liked #17 answer where they came by with a smaller truck and undid the damage.
I bet the person that told him to stop is an Obama supporter. Of course Bush would have given the snowplowing contract to his friend for 2 billion without bids … in Florida lol
In this neck of the woods, the county worker might expect some bullet holes to mysteriously ‘appear’ in his picture window.