Sometimes Billy Clyde has to sit down, scratch his head and drool.
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Take this rather amazing peice of journalism http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/122206dnmetautopound.32ee968.html
from the always informative and just downright pleasant people at the Dallas Morning News. In a nutshell -- and I'm pretty sure I got this right -- Dallas County law enforcement soars above the clouds when it comes to impounding illegally parked vehicles across its 900+ square-mile jurisdiction. But when it comes to securing a towed vehicle at its 50-acre lot, the record ain't that hot.
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Perhaps I should turn the mic over to Mister Albert Garza, a gentleman whom I do not know but certainly seems capable of separating the wheat from the chaff. His apparently souped-up high-rider Lexus was towed and he lost an astonishing $6,000 worth of tires and rims while said vehicle sat in the county lot. My guess: the dude REALLY likes to listen to loud rap music while driving. But anyway ...
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"You would think your car would be safe," says citizen Garza. "But it's probably worse in there than it is on the street." If you gave Billy Clyde years of preparation, he could not analyze the problem more clearly or succinctly.
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The clever folks at the Morning News delved even deeper and learned that the county was hiding behind sovereign immunity (The King Can Do No Wrong, Nanny-Nanny Boo-Boo) and weaseling its way out of accepting any responsibility for all the stolen cars and parts hijacked from its very own lot. This explains a lot. Like Democrats sweeping every office this year in Dallas-f-ing County, of all places.
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As skilled pilot and actor John Travolta (husband of Kelly Preston) said in the landmark film Pulp Fiction by director Quentin Tarantino: "Don't mess with another man's automobile. It's against the rules."
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