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Secret Service parks Hillary Clinton's van in a HANDICAPPED spot

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Secret Service parks Hillary Clinton's van in a HANDICAPPED spot as she huddles with Democratic leaders in high-stakes meeting

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Hillary Clinton’s now-famous Scooby Doo van made an appearance in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Thursday for a closed-door meeting with state Democratic Party officials – and it idled in a handicapped parking space from beginning to end.

Footage broadcast by KETV-7 in the nearby city of Omaha, Nebraska, showed the presidential nominee emerging from a cafe, greeting onlookers and walking past the blue handicapped-parking sign to climb into the vehicle.

Secret Service agents are technically federal law enforcement officers, so there was no chance of a parking ticket, even if Scooby had been left unattended.

KETV trailed Clinton to the Main Street Cafe in Council Bluffs, and spoke to Pottawattamie County Democratic Chairwoman Linda Nelson.

The cafe meeting was so secret, Nelson told the station, that everyone in the room was told to hand over their cell phones and cameras before it began.

The Secret Service typically does not comment on security arrangements for dignitaries.

Mrs. Clinton has round-the-clock protection, including a van chauffeur, because she is the wife of a former U.S. president, Bill Clinton.

On Wednesday near Des Moines, Iowa, Daily Mail Online trailed Clinton's motorcade.

The phalanx of 7 cars included a second 'Scooby'-mobile outfitted to look identical to the one Clinton was riding in.

At one point that van's driver forced an interloping driver out of the way and drove through a red light to keep up with the group.
 
mark handler said:
She does matter, She Blocks access to people that need it
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She has a handicap

She does need access

Access::: to the White House

Handicap ::: Bill
 
In their defense....I missed a sign like that once at a "bike night" event...2 signs like 50 ft apart with the little arrows pointing at each other indicating that the spaces in between were accessible, which they technically weren't, but anyway....came back to about 20 bikes with tickets.
 
That's one reason that regulations typically require signs to be installed at a minimum elevation above grade, which this sign probably does not meet (similar to the PMC for placement). Also, Federal vehicles are generally exempt from V & T Laws, for example a Mail Carrier can legally run a red light while a Fire Truck or Police cruiser only can by convention and public acceptance.
 
I am not a Hillary fan at all but I have to call BS on the news story, the disabled space is blue painted curb and behind "Scooby". Parking meters are "twins" on one pole, the disabled sign indicates the disabled space is the left side meter. It appears the camera is set up in the disabled space, is this a "hit" piece or just bad journalism?
 
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JBI said:
a Mail Carrier can legally run a red light.
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I doubt that. I know that they don,t get parking tickets, but that's only because there are no license plates on the vehicles. They are still breaking the law. I have a placard in the windshield that states that I am on official business and I still get a ticket if I park on the wrong side of the street on sweeping days. $55. That's way too much. People would avoid blocking the sweeper for $5.

One time I was driving down a residential street and came across a torrent of water pouring out of a driveway. I parked and went to investigate. On a hill behind the house sat a half million gallon water tank that had sprung a leak. Like I said it was a torrent. When I came back to my truck, there was a ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street on sweeping day. The flow was three inches higher than the curb. Now that's what you call application to duty.
 
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jdfruit said:
I am not a Hillary fan at all but I have to call BS on the news story, the disabled space is blue painted curb and behind "Scooby". Parking meters are "twins" on one pole, the disabled sign indicates the disabled space is the left side meter. It appears the camera is set up in the disabled space, is this a "hit" piece or just bad journalism?
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Looks like her rear end is in the handicap space
 
jdfruit said:
I am not a Hillary fan at all but I have to call BS on the news story, the disabled space is blue painted curb and behind "Scooby". Parking meters are "twins" on one pole, the disabled sign indicates the disabled space is the left side meter. It appears the camera is set up in the disabled space, is this a "hit" piece or just bad journalism?
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Looks like her rear end is in the handicap space
 
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I doubt that. I know that they don,t get parking tickets, but that's only because there are no license plates on the vehicles.
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That's true Tiger, it was actually a question on the California Drivers' License test many years back, I remember how surprised I was when I got it wrong.
 
cda said:
Looks like her rear end is in the handicap space
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Law enforcement parks anywhere that suits them. How often do you see them blocking traffic for no good reason while rousting a guy on a bicycle. The fire dept. is just as bad.
 
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