The press runs the city they have even more lattitude than the Police Department. If they are summonsed the news agency pays the ticket and then they do a story on the Police Departments parking habits nothing will change by this site.

Freedom of teh press has nothingto do free parking and all to do with giverenment abuses. It is truly unfortunatye that teh press in this city rather than be a part of the solution is a part of the problem.

P.S. I do find it ironic when the "Shame on You Reporter" shames himself as a hypocrite.

regarding the press, it's brendan keefe of CBS who has the brass ones when it comes to exposing parking abuses.

By all means forward the link to this post to Mr. Keefe. If he is truly serious about exposing this contact the people who run the site and I and tehy would be happy to give him a grand tour if it will make air.

Wrong. Only at the location of a news story actiovely being covered and for three hours. Try reading the placard. There is a nice paragraph near the bottom that is quite clear,

I enjoyed his pieces too. Never again. I guess he's better than the rest of us. But what's really troubling is that we got people around us that fail to see the point. It's not about the fact that we can't park there either. It's about not taking advantage of a certain priviledge you have for your own benefit, genius.

If you want to get technical, that license plate frame is illegal as well. You can not obscure part or all of a license plate according to DMV laws. Those in the outer boroughs might remember the ticket blitzes in the early Bloomberg administration relating to these things.

B52,
That post will stay up, because there weren't any insults, threats, or other intimidation.

I suggest anyone taking issue with this read a press placard. Typically the way they are displayed the important paragraph is often hidden. It is quite clear and only allows parking at the location of a news story and not at the studio. Only with a red NYP three hour zone can these cars park for three hours near the studio. If that wasn't the case there would be no need for a red signed three hour zone near the studios.

I am concerned with the fact that you guys at TA are censoring posts and photos, why isnt everything sent showing up?
Clearly when a violation, even a questionable one be it a privatley owned, non municipal employee such as the dentist from NJ is put up you leave it up for days and ;et the masses decide if it belongs. It seems to me, if it doesnt jibe with your politics, it goes ASAP.

1. Censoring is what governments do.
2. Editing is what publishers do.
3. Read the Terms of Service: "We can delete your account, remove the content you create, or block you from accessing this website, for any reason or for no reason at all."

You may not believe it, but looking back through the archive of blocked comments, I'd say we block as many "pro TA" as "anti TA" comments. If anything, we are tougher on posts by people who are purportedly on "our" side.

Here are some reasons we block posts:
1. They are simply too half-assed for words. Either the poster couldn't care less or is having us on.
2. The posts aren't topical. We show non-governmental illegal parking when it looks like the person is taking advantage of the "don't ticket anything that even looks like an official placard" policy. We don't cover ordinary bad parking.
3. The post clearly doesn't show a violation. Sometimes we approve something, it gets commented on, and we realize it's bogus. It stays up, so that people can read the comments and learn.

Here are some reasons we block comments:
1. They are vulgar, abusive or threatening.
2. They are repetitious.
3. They are completely without substance (e.g. "tow them!").
4. They are hopelessly incoherent.
5. They are part of some moronic cop in-joke.
6. They name or accuse individuals (although this is usually #5).
7. We have blocked all posts by a user who has become a foul and cancerous presence.
8. We have looked at a series of posts from the same IP address, and determined that the source is a foul and cancerous presence.

Sometimes we keep comments up with some of these features because:
1. We are lazy.
2. The comments have other redeeming qualities.
3. We want to provide examples of particularly vile comments.

Salgoud,

Your arguments for deleting posts and content are valid, but there have been many posts that you've purposely removed because they dont jibe with the political stance of your group or they are "friends" of yours (wheres my post of channel 2 news van clearly on the sidewalk by a NYP parking spot)?
Joe Stalin would be proud!

Glad to know I can do Uncle Joe proud. :-)

Seriously, if it's the post I'm thinking about, it consisted of one low-quality picture, and it looked like people were unloading equipment. There was no closeups of a permit and no license plate. I believe it had some incoherent, ranting text associated with it. Plus, press violations are somewhat marginal to our core purpose, but we keep the well-executed ones. So on a number of counts it just didn't pass muster.

If that wasn't it, then someone else blocked your post. (Nothing is ever deleted, and we go back through stuff from time to time.)

So, make sure it's really a parking permit violation, take the three pictures, and post it with less ranting.

I'll try to rant less in the future

Salguod with all due respect, you are delete happy. You cannot delete posts aimply because you don't like them or they don't suit yoru agenda.

I reported spotting Mr Diaz park the minute the street was open and you deleted that. Mr Diaz is the shame on you reporter for FOX 5. That makes him a hypocrite.

Technically they can delete whatever they want. It is their website. You have no First Amendment Rights or Protections on a private website. You want to play in their sandbox you have to follow their rules.

No one is being forced to post or communicate on this site. Don't like the rules find another sandbox.

I thought "Tow them" was a very valid comment. Go down to the tow pound and count the tears at 4 AM on any Saturday night and you'll see WHY they deserve to be towed.

Been there done that. Did post it to be anything other than truthful and fair.