--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hing...@...> wrote:
>
> Just letting people pay for parking when it's free is complete BS. Werner,
> don't you get
the
> point that one of the issues that AP is constantly dealing with is decades of
> bad PR
about
> the city? So, you get people coming here for a concert or dinner, they
> mistakenly pay
to
> park, and when they find out it was actually free, they will then complain to
> their
friends
> about the ridiculous parking situation in our city.
> Bottom line, city is once again dropping the ball by not properly informing
> the public.
> Letting people pay is ripping them off.
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WADR - Don't you get that the City needs every dime it can find?
Should the city refund all the parking fees it collected for decades from the
old
mechanical meters that were not in official operation ? There has been free
parking since
the 80s yet people bought peace of mind by putting a quarter in the slot. The
City was
happy to collect 100s of thousands in revenue during that time.
There has been much discussion about a 50 cent an hour fee not being a big deal
when
a night out can cost $50 +++. Complaints should be directed to our policy
makers. The
initial proposal was to suspend enforcement so as not to aggravate people with
summonses and fines. Nw that was a good idea until the bugs were worked out.
Somehow that morphed into "Lets Advertise Free Parking". Implementation of
which has
been ridiculous as you noted. That much we can agree on. However, let visitors
buy
some peace of mind for 50 cents.
I stress again that people need to shift their thinking to what is in the best
interests of
the City given there is a deficit of $13+ Million in spite of almost 10 years
of (cough,
cough) Redevelopment.
Werner
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