While doing my typical tour of the city, erasing graffiti and emptying bus stop garbage cans, I had something happen that totally caught me off guard. I had someone complain to me for having my flashers on.
Since 2005, Through Pacific Partnerships, I have emptied the garbage cans at 8 of the bus stops in Pacific. This is for the “Adopt a Stop” program that METRO has. In exchange for this service, the City of Pacific gets about 600 one day Bus Passes each year that we distribute through the Senior and Youth programs, the Court and occasionally through police and fire. It is a nice win/win partnership. When I am parked on the shoulder of the road I turn my flashers on for safety.
When I do my weekly drives through town looking for graffiti, I will also turn my flashers on both when I stop, but also to signal to other drivers that I may be driving slower than normal, looking for graffiti. Again this is for safety.
Today, believe it or not, a former City Council member actually stopped me and complained about me having my flashers on. I guess that some people have nothing better to do than complain.
So if you happen to drive by and see me on the side of the road emptying trash or scrubbing graffiti, understand that my flashers are on for safety.
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