Gripe Vine Readers:
Yes, it’s a new year and many of us have celebrated this event in various ways including both looking back and anticipating the future. I sincerely hope you and your family, friends and neighbors anticipate 2024 as a year that will bring good health and happiness to your life.
Gripe Vine will continue to serve The Voice Readers with solutions to your complaints regarding local and state questions and complaints. As you can see, there is a coupon printed for your convenience next to my column, giving my readers the opportunity to submit your inquiries, , gripes and comments. For those of you new to Gripe Vine, I attempt to find answers to your questions from West Haven’s various public departments as well as from City Council Men and Women.
As we proceed toward 2024, I am looking forward to a year of providing helpful responses to my readers.
Gripe Vine Readers:
I received a complaint from a reader complaining of several problems on Leete Street. One of them indicated an individual was draining oil from his car leaving oil deposits on the street. The complaint also included six to eight of these vehicles displayed license plates from Vermont and New Jersey.
Several of the neighbors found themselves cleaning up the oil deposits left on the street. The neighbors have environmental concerns an dare looking for a reply to satisfy both appearance and environmental issues.
Gripe Vine was able to reach Councilwoman, Meli Garthwait who was able to provide you and my readers a reply to this gripe.
According to Garthwait, “I finally have answers to these questions for you. I had to hunt around until I got the correct information from the right person and here it is:
I spoke with one of our WHPD’S Sergeants and he said you can own 6-8 vehicles as long as they are not parked illegally, such as lawns, sidewalks, no parking zones, etc.
With respect to the Vermont and New Jersey license places, they must be registered in CT if they are West Haven Residents.
West Haven has a new program where they are investigating out of state license plates and reporting back to City Hall so that they can be followed up and made to register in the state of Connecticut so that the taxes are connected here in West Haven.
It is illegal to work on cars in the street and leave fluid spills. One must report it to the West Haven Police Department as it is actively happening so that a patrol unit can come out and observe the illegal activity ad remedy it.
Lastly the landlord must be held responsible for any illegal work being done in the street to vehicles and fluid spills.:”
Coming up…new parking program….speeding school buses on Shingle Hill Road… Highland Avenue parking… lack of voting ballots… grape City Hall entrance gripe…Jeffrey and Donald Street gripe…stop signs at Kings Highway and Beach Avenue….
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