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03-25-2009, 06:15 PM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Originally Posted by STLCardsBlues1989
Ah, ok. Makes a little more sense now.
Why did the city make a stupid deal like that?
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Two words: quick cash. |
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03-25-2009, 06:24 PM
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STL for Blues and Cards. I live in Southeast MO.
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If I ever visit Chicago I guess I'll need to keep that in mind.
Bigger cities can maybe get away with charging more money for stuff like parking. I'm sure Chicagoans would be be shocked at parking prices in New York City.
If they planned to raise parking meter prices they should have been required to at least have a vote on it. I realize the answer would be "no", but Chicagoans deserve a say in this.
Last edited by STLCardsBlues1989; 03-25-2009 at 06:37 PM..
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03-25-2009, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Drover
It's a naive thing to believe when you consider the steepest price increases have occurred in outer neighborhoods where parking congestion is a minor issue at best. Yes, the downtown meters were underpriced, but do you mean to tell me that parking was such a problem in Portage Park and Dunning that parking meter rates needed to QUADRUPLE? Like I said upstream, I don't object to the premise of a parking meter fare increase. What I object to is every single facet of how that increase was carried out.
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Yeah, I know it is being done in some egregious ways. I think I was trying to elicit more of an explanation for the original intent of the price hikes. Putting overpriced meters in places where they are not needed should not be allowed to happen. |
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03-25-2009, 06:48 PM
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Drover, I'm stalking this thread to make sure you haven't been picked up by Chicago's Finest!  We need to find you a "Cool Hand Luke" accomplice.
I agree 100% - it has gone beyond ridiculous! |
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03-25-2009, 06:54 PM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Originally Posted by RichMonk
Yeah, I know it is being done in some egregious ways. I think I was trying to elicit more of an explanation for the original intent of the price hikes. Putting overpriced meters in places where they are not needed should not be allowed to happen.
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You act as if the intent of the price hikes is some sort of inscrutable mystery. It's not. JP Morgan -- erm, excuse me, "LAZ" -- raised prices because they wanted to. |
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03-25-2009, 07:00 PM
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This is retarded. Whats next? Meters on side streets in residential neighborhoods?
Glad I have a garage... which I'm sure the city is looking for a way to install a parking meter in.
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03-25-2009, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Drover
You act as if the intent of the price hikes is some sort of inscrutable mystery. It's not. JP Morgan -- erm, excuse me, "LAZ" -- raised prices because they wanted to.
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Gee...I was just referring to something I heard about meter hikes in order to encourage use of public transit. I was just wondering if that was a real goal or just a glossy bit of packaging for a big box of sh**. Apparently, my acting is bad. |
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03-25-2009, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RichMonk
Gee...I was just referring to something I heard about meter hikes in order to encourage use of public transit. I was just wondering if that was a real goal or just a glossy bit of packaging for a big box of sh**. Apparently, my acting is bad.
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One of the alderman who either owns or owned a restaurant, said it would help businesses because there'd be more parking turnover. Makes sense in trendy parts of town...but Belmont & Pulaski? |
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03-25-2009, 09:26 PM
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Just saw on the news the city is sending out a hugely stepped up force of people to unclog the full meters and make sure they're labeled correctly. The new company in charge of handling the meters won't return calls.
The city said they're going to bill everything back to whatever this new "company" is that's suppose to be dealing with the meters. A lot of the problem is the unprecedented amount of tampered meters.
Hopefully someone is listening.....people don't attack things like this unless there's a reason.
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03-25-2009, 09:30 PM
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There are tons of meters on side streets in residential neighborhoods now. Just look at W Barry, Briar, Drummond, Orchard, Seminary, Clifton, Lehmann, etc etc
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Originally Posted by Muppet123
This is retarded. Whats next? Meters on side streets in residential neighborhoods?
Glad I have a garage... which I'm sure the city is looking for a way to install a parking meter in.
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