Burbank Mayor Marsha Ramos states (“City starts cart crackdown,” Sept. 5) that “she has seen an increase of carts around the city,” and she’s probably also seen people pushing these carts down the street. Why doesn’t she contact her police department and have them enforce the existing cart law? Assistant City Atty. Joe McDougall states that “On Sept. 23 we will hold businesses to no more than five carts that can leave the premises in a 24-hour period.” Is McDougall going to send city staff to each business to count carts? I would think that the store owners of these carts would do something to protect their property, but I don’t think they should be punished when their carts are stolen.
The city is also “considering instituting a purchase or giveaway plan to those whose shopping needs are contingent on shopping carts.” I have a better idea. Maybe people can just call up the city and request that some city employee comes out to where they are shopping and they can be driven to their destination. Ramos can direct the businesses to put the city’s phone number at each exit of a business.
