Showing posts with label chicago tower. Show all posts
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Towing In The Information Age

The Information Age And The Towing Professional

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 I am reading about a county using background checks on towing operators. The arguments are strong for using them and not using them. On the one hand you do not want to send former felons to pick up your daughter who is stuck roadside..alone. On the other hand, once you have paid for your crime, should you never have a chance again to operate a wrecker or rollback?

The only thing I can think of is separating types of tows allowed into two classes. Roadside pickup operators would have to have clean records while maybe impound lot towers or parking violation towers would have
less stringent requirements, barring theft records of course.

This will prevent highway tragedy, yet still allow people to work...


To read the original article this commentary addresses go to:
http://wentzville.patch.com/articles/county-opts-to-continue-tow-truck-driver-background-checks

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Towing "Bat" Lady destined for Anger Management...

It's anger management for Tiffany Nealous who used a baseball bat to dispute a towing charge

 2011
Barton Deiters | The Grand Rapids Press


BIG RAPIDS – If Tiffany Nealous can learn to manage her anger, she will avoid a nine-month sentence that resulted from a destructive temper tantrum.

The incident that was captured on video that ended up gaining the Grand Rapids woman national attention when it showed up on Tabloid TV show “Inside Edition"

Nealous became enraged because of a bill for towing her 1999 Grand Am from the scene of a 50-60 car pileup February 20 on US 131 near Morley.

It is not an outcome that sits well with business owner Charlie Weeks.

“I put 25 years into this business and in two minutes she smashes it up,” said Weeks who said he wanted at least a little jail-time for the bat woman. “She gets a slap on the wrist. Anger management, yeah, right.”

The 34-year-old used a baseball bat taken from the office wall of Weeks Auto Parts to pummel electronics, windows and other items.

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New Jobless Claims Fall 21,000 for Week | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News

Initial jobless claims fell by 21,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The decline to 454,000 claims for the week ended Saturday was below economists’ forecasts of 460,000 new claims, Bloomberg reported.

The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, declined to 466,000, from 467,250 the previous week.
Continuing claims for the previous week ended June 26 fell by 224,000 to 4.413 million, the lowest level since November 2008.

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Cop accused of soliciting $150 tow-scam payment

A 20-year Chicago Police veteran has been charged in connection with the federal "Operation Tow Scam" bribes and extortion investigation.
Shakespeare District officer James Wodnicki, 48, allegedly solicited a $150 payment from a tow truck operator who, at the time, was secretly working for the FBI, according to a federal criminal complaint... to read the full article click here