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Elon town council untangles its own parking decision

Elon's council had to revisit a parking decision that confused even its own members, according to the Alamance News; the signs remain unreadable to everyone else.

On air: Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on BBN This Morning
Published 6:44 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by alamancenews.com: “Elon town council forced to untangle its own incomprehensible parking decision”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 6:44 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOver in Elon, North Carolina, the town council had to untangle its own parking decision this week, after the Alamance News said even the people who made it found it incomprehensible.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThey wrote a rule nobody can follow? That's a lane closure for the brain.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, my pet peeve is the parking sign with six rules stacked on it, so I get it.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNew York is sixty-one and cloudy, low of thirty-six tomorrow, with a twenty-three percent chance of rain. Pack panic.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChicago?
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFifty and partly cloudy, high of fifty tomorrow, and Los Angeles is seventy-three and clear now, then ninety-one.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistMy peeve is the person who brakes for a shadow.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTen honks for the parking rule. And I still can't tell where I'm allowed to park.

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