Downtown's Blighted Surface Parking Lots Under Fire

[jcjohnpaint]

Thanks so much for posting this.  It makes a lot of sense.  Really sad, but I guess you have to know the ill to cure it. 

[dganson]

"Under the new regime, parkers were getting multiple citations and leaving downtown with up to 70 dollars in tickets.  After two or three times of this happening, another customer abandoned downtown" ...this is an embellishment to make it sound like everyone who comes downtown and parks on the street leaves with $70 in tickets. This is not true. And I am suprised that these people take three times to learn the rules.

"the ubiquitous and appropriately named Mr. Rimmer (look it up on urban dictionary)" I thought name calling was taboo on this site..or is that for everyone but you Steve

"He picks an easy stable of common violations and hires a couple of guys to drive around downtown, identify violations and call the Parking Commissioner demanding that enforcement assess the newly quadrupled fines."...Steve, do you just make this crap up. Nothing you say here is factually true yet you continue to say it.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

If you don't think that the parking 'regime' is a little on the shady side, read last week's Folio.

The link is here http://www.folioweekly.com/documents/folio0816wkl007.pdf

If someone can extrapolate it here for viewing, please do.

[ChriswUfGator]

"Under the new regime, parkers were getting multiple citations and leaving downtown with up to 70 dollars in tickets.  After two or three times of this happening, another customer abandoned downtown" ...this is an embellishment to make it sound like everyone who comes downtown and parks on the street leaves with $70 in tickets. This is not true. And I am suprised that these people take three times to learn the rules.

Well yes, because forcing visitors to learn asinine rules and pay a bunch of fines is just great for business. Obviously.

"the ubiquitous and appropriately named Mr. Rimmer (look it up on urban dictionary)" I thought name calling was taboo on this site..or is that for everyone but you Steve

It's the guy's actual name. What would you prefer Stephen call him?

"He picks an easy stable of common violations and hires a couple of guys to drive around downtown, identify violations and call the Parking Commissioner demanding that enforcement assess the newly quadrupled fines."...Steve, do you just make this crap up. Nothing you say here is factually true yet you continue to say it.

He's turned out to be correct on just about every single observation I've ever seen him make about downtown. Actually, he's one of the few people in the city who doesn't mind telling the truth about its true condition, and cares enough to say something. He's been a lone honest voice during a long decade where DVI and the City were both literally lying about the condition of the city core, and a handful of the same planners and consultants whose bread is buttered by the same mindset, projects, and regulations that caused the problem in the first place were on this site calling him a liar on a daily basis. If anything, he deserves an award, as he has brought awareness to the problems, and the new administration is now eager to do something about it.