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Good Samaritan ticketed, dissed by PPA's agents of contemptRonnie PolaneczkyPhilly.com Jul. 09, 2011 |
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 WHEN MEDICAL students become doctors, they take an oath to do no harm to those who cross their paths. The promise recognizes the power that medical folks have to muck up a person's day. You know who needs to make a similar pledge? The jerks at the Philadelphia Parking Authority. If they swore to wield their power with reasonableness and respect for the public, a Good Samaritan named George Echenhofer never would have been punished for being the kind of decent citizen this city needs more of. How infuriating was his treatment by PPA? So infuriating that the normally mild-mannered Echenhofer, 45, contemplated smashing up the PPA's offices at 8th and Filbert streets. "I thought, 'I could take that trash can and throw it through that window,' " said Echenhofer. "I felt like destroying the place." I did, too, after I heard his story. Read More |
