2 - Friday, March 23, 2007 MONDAY: TUESDAY: The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Campus Characters Dude, where's my car? Finding a parking spot in Ann This year, Sakstrup's, Brewer's Arbor is aggravating. and Triangle Towing have con- Until you get a parking ticket. tracts to tow the cars impounded Then, it's even worse. by the Ann Arbor Police Depart- You may want to toss away the ment. $15 fine for parking next to an Chuck Judson, the'general man- expired meter. But that approach is agers of Brewer's, said students can risky. If your vehicle accumulates expectato pay a hefty fee to get their six or more unpaid parking tickets car out of the Brewer's impound lot - or you leave your car in a no- once it has been towed. parking zone - the city can tow it. The city contract allows a tower The city doesn't tow vehicles to charge an impound fee as well directly. as an additional fee for storage on Instead, the city has contracts a daily basis - both of which must with three private towing com- be paid directly to the towing com- panies to each cover a third of the pany. city. The city renews these con- Judson said Brewer's charges a tracts every two years after a bid- $95 impound fee, a $20 storage fee- ding process. and $55 more if dollies are needed When Ann Arbor police find a to tow the car. car parked in a no-parking zone or The city charges a $60 admin- with six or more outstanding park- istrative fee and requires the car ing tickets, they notify the compa- owner to pay outstanding fines ny responsible for that part of the before releasing the car from the city to have the vehicle towed. impound lot. Judson wouldn't say how much profit the company makes from each car towed. He said the company usually charges $42 to attach the car to the tow truck then $3.50 per mile to tow the car to a nearby garage. That means it would cost about $50 to have Brewer's tow a car two miles from State Street and Hill Street to the company's office on Plymouth Road if you hired them to do it for you. But it would cost at least $115, plus the $60 dollar fee to the city, to recover a car from Brewer's impound lot if the city had them tow it the same distance. That's an extra $65 out of your pocket and into the towing compa- ny's. The lesson: watch where you park - at least after you rack up five parking tickets. ELISE WOZNICKI The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413 E. 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They pled not guilty. - A box on the front page of yesterday's Daily said the University president's salary has risen by 36 percent since 1981. The number referred to the percent that the average professor's salary has risen. * A story in Wednesday's Statement (Why you rarelysee your professors in church) omit- ted the title and first name of Rolf Bouma. Bouma is the director of the Center for Faith and Scholarship. Please report any error in the Daily to co.rrections@ michigandaily.com. NBC Universal and News Corporation announced yesterday that they will release a competitor to the Google-owned video website YouTube, The Associated Press reported. The website will pro- vide access to full-length mov- ies and TV programs. Students at Harvard University have drawn ire for starting a group called True Love Revolution to promote abstinence and fight what they believe is a college culture where "hooking up" has replaced emotional rela- tionships, The Associated Press reported. After losing money for this fiscal quarter, Ann Arbor- based bookstore chain Borders Group announced a plan to close about half of Waldenbooks locations and open its own online bookstore yesterday. Woman trips Bottles of waste over uoormai WHERE: Thomas Francis Jr. Building, 1420 Washington Heights WHEN: Wednesday at about 1:25 p.m. WHAT: A 55-year-old female faculty member called campus police to report that she had tripped and hurt herself on a explode on cart WHERE: Kraus Building WHEN: Wednesday at about 1:55 p.m. WHAT: Two bottles contain- ing dangerous substances exploded while sitting on a cart, DPS reported. No one was injured or contaminated. 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