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Old 08-08-2012, 07:29 PM
 
Location: ATL
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UPDATED: Local anarchists take down a string of Edgewood parking meters | Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf | Creative Loafing Atlanta


An Atlanta anarchist group has taken up arms (or at least industrial-strength epoxy) against PARKatlanta, the private company contracted to enforce parking for the City of Atlanta. Late Sunday night, the group hit a string of parking meters along the Edgewood Avenue, 45 in total, using adhesive to render the coin slots inoperable — quite literally sealing motorists' fate in the process. A PARKatlanta employee that showed up at one of the meters Tuesday morning, Desawi Yosef, said he was unaware of the issue and would have to report it. In the meantime, he said the company wouldn’t ticket vehicles parked at broken meters. (Enjoy the free parking while it lasts.)Valerie Bell-Smith, spokesperson for Atlanta's department of public works that oversees the PARKatlanta contract, said PARKatlanta — and not tax payers — will be responsible for the repairs.

"It's not like tax payers are going to be billed for it," she said. " PARKatlanta maintains the meters, so they will be ensuring the meters are operational."She also said the enforcement agency learned of the incident late yesterday, but wasn't sure how PARKatlanta employees were notified since they don't report directly to public works.Local business owner Leon True Green said “PARKatlanta is out of their minds,” and applauded the vandalism of the meters.“Yeah, I’m happy about it because there needs to be some type of etiquette for PARKatlanta,” Green, operator of W.E.T.T. Wellness Studio on Edgewood Avenue, said. “Their etiquette has created a division between that company and the community.”
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Old 08-08-2012, 09:35 PM
 
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If the people are the police, then who will police the police?

Having said that, I'm a big fan of civil disobedience.

And since I'm the very person who suggested organized armed terrorism against the people who put boots on your car, I have to support this. Not on private property, but public street parking should be free.
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