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Old 02-02-2010, 08:42 AM
 
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One of our many kooky lawmakers thinks Californians have too much free parking. With help from the Sierra Club and other left wing activists he wants to do something about it.

Free parking? Not if one California lawmaker gets his way | Comments Blog | Los Angeles Times (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2010/02/free-parking-not-if-one-state-lawmaker-gets-his-way.html - broken link)
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:50 AM
 
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Still on the first page:

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Old 02-02-2010, 11:53 AM
 
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The local High Schools have been adding parking... not too long ago, kids could carpool to school... now everyone has to drive separate because of teen driving restrictions

So much for going Green
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Old 02-02-2010, 12:51 PM
 
Location: Oakland
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There's not much free parking in the city.
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:25 PM
 
Location: United States
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I can't believe how easy and cheap it is to park in L.A. compared to Chicago. Chicago is a nightmare. Wonder if this clown politician is going to change that? Hope not.
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Old 02-02-2010, 05:41 PM
 
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According to the bill, kiss the free parking at your employer's, supermarket, mall, and the curb in front of your house good-bye.


What a dumb azz.
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Old 02-02-2010, 10:10 PM
 
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The "free" parking at your employer's, supermarket, mall or curb in front of your house isn't free. Someone is paying for it: the customer at the store, the employer, the property owner...or the taxpayer. All this calls for is a pay-as-you-go model.

Maybe they should start calling so-called "free parking" something else, like "Socialized Parking"? They'd get the Tea Party folks on their side for sure!
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Old 02-02-2010, 10:50 PM
 
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The "free" parking at your employer's, supermarket, mall or curb in front of your house isn't free. Someone is paying for it: the customer at the store, the employer, the property owner...or the taxpayer. All this calls for is a pay-as-you-go model.
So you'd rather pay $6 to park at the grocery store every week than have the cost of the lot factored into the prices. This is about punishing people who drive cars. Nothing more. How does charging someone to park in front of their own house, on a street their taxes already pay for, improve anyone's quality of life?
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Old 02-03-2010, 01:53 AM
 
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The "free" parking at your employer's, supermarket, mall or curb in front of your house isn't free. Someone is paying for it: the customer at the store, the employer, the property owner...or the taxpayer. All this calls for is a pay-as-you-go model.

Maybe they should start calling so-called "free parking" something else, like "Socialized Parking"? They'd get the Tea Party folks on their side for sure!
Thank you for saying this. "Free parking" is actually a subsidy for automobile ownership.

Now, don't get me wrong, I hate paying for parking as much as the next guy.

But what I hate even more is being FORCED to own a car because of sh*tty public transportation and sprawl oriented land use policies that prevail in most US cities.
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Old 02-03-2010, 01:54 AM
 
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The local High Schools have been adding parking... not too long ago, kids could carpool to school... now everyone has to drive separate because of teen driving restrictions

So much for going Green
Whatever happened to taking the bus to school? Why should HS kids need to drive to school every day at all?
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