Parking: Cause and Effect

Every year Quartzsite town revenue is increased, not just by the endearing quality of a high local sales tax rate, but by the 'Highway 95 Cause and Effect" principle. To sum it up, we'll quote from the official town website:

"This problem crops up every year and everyone who receives a parking ticket is extremely upset. You need to remember there is no parking in the right-of-ways along Main Street (B-10) and Central Blvd. (Hwy 95). The state closed these right-of-ways to parking to eliminate the congestion and chance of an injury along these roads. Because these areas are in the limits of the Town, the Police Department is responsible for enforcement. These "No Parking" areas and other "No Parking" areas in the Town are enforced so that people will comply with the law and it will make it safer for all."

"Extremely upset" is an official understatement. But hey, let's be fair. Our story photo says it all. If you can't read a "no parking" sign, then best you shouldn't park at all. The statement, "But everybody else was parking there," doesn't hold any weight with the local court magistrate, and your ticket stickets.

Support you local town government! Park on the shoulder of Highway 95!

Police Blunder Frightens Snowbirds

A large explosion north of Quartzsite last Friday reportedly sent some war veterans scrambling for cover, visions of "Incoming!" dancing in their heads. But according to the Palo Verde Times the explosion was not a Kamikaze throwback, but rather an apparent blunder on the part of local law enforcement.

Your local reporters joined the ranks of many on Friday by scrambling out his RV to determine just who'd blown up a propane tank. The noise of the explosion was indeed a major surprise. But one can only imagine the surprise of the responsible party. A local sheriff's deputy had found a bit of dynamite in the desert north of town. Rather than call in demolitions experts, in a Barney Fife move, the deputy decided it would be somehow safer to detonate himself. A little bit of TNT makes a big noise, Deputy.