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The king of Philly towing appears to be running for office. Lew Blum, owner of Lew Blum Towing, said on Twitter he is running for an at-large City Council seat. The next City Council election is in 2019, and there are seven at-large seats. Blum is pretty active on social media; specifically, he's active in tweeting his opposition to last year's ticket-to-tow bill that requires an illegally parked vehicle to be ticketed before a towing company can take it away. The bill was signed into law in December and Blum, for obvious reasons, is not happy about it. Ticketing vehicles on private property is total waste of our philadelphia police resources,there is not enough police to go around,philadelphia has grown to 1.3 million people and growing,we need a police force 10.000 strong,and have equal understanding for people of color pic.twitter.com/eLGa59ojYk— Lew Blum Towing (@LewisBlum) March 11, 2018 That's not Blum's only political position. According to his Twitter, he's also for: … [Read more...] about Lew Blum, the towing guy, is apparently running for Philadelphia City Council

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Share Tweet Email Politics Share: Share Tweet Email EMBED <> More Videos <iframe width="476" height="267" src="https://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=5204175" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Assemblymember David Chiu introduced a bill that seeks to end towing practices that harm low-income people. Share: Share Tweet Email KGO By SACRAMENTO (KGO) -- Assemblymember David Chiu introduced a bill Monday that seeks to end towing practices that harm low-income people. Assembly Bill 516 would eliminate towing conducted as a debt collection tool. The Bay Area is known for high costs including steep towing fees. The average fee to retrieve a car from a tow yard is $500. "When you add daily storage, parking tickets, additional standard fees and fines the cost to retrieve a car could often skyrocket to $1,500," said Chiu, who represents District 17. Chiu says it is having a devastating impact … [Read more...] about Bill proposed in California State Assembly would eliminate tow-practices that harm low-income people

A North Carolina tow-truck driver is defending his decision to abandon a woman on the highway after noticing she was a Bernie Sanders supporter when he arrived to help her with her car.Cassandra McWade experienced a minor car accident outside of Asheville on Monday, and local tower Kenneth Shupe was dispatched to the scene after she called for assistance. Shupe was about to load up the car, but then he noticed that McWade’s car had Sanders bumper stickers on it, and told her that he wasn’t going to help her after all.“Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said get in the truck and leave,” Shupe said. “And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.” KMOV.comShupe confirmed he’s a Donald Trump supporter, but he told Fox Carolina 21 that refusing service to McWade was about business over politics because … [Read more...] about Tow-Trucking Trump Supporter Refuses Service to Disabled Bernie Fan Stranded on Highway

Nationwide Towing Company  Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Class of Employees With  Disabilities, Federal Agency ChargedUnited  Road Towing, Inc., a Mokena, Ill.-based towing company, will pay $380,000 to 13  claimants and provide other relief resolving a disability discrimination  lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced.  A federal district court judge in Chicago  entered a consent decree ending the litigation on Wednesday, June 20, 2012.  The EEOC’s  lawsuit, which was filed Sept. 30, 2009, charged that United Road Towing had  failed to provide reasonable accommodations to a class of employees with  disabilities.   The complaint highlighted United Road Towing’s  inflexible medical leave policy and practice of terminating employees with  disabilities at the end of medical leaves rather bringing them back to work  with reasonable accommodation. … [Read more...] about United Road Towing to Pay $380,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit