Online Petition for Parking Meter Rate Increase
Dec 14th, 2009
by Walker.
This was originally posted HERE on CU by John Angelo of the SNBA:
In November, Columbus’ Director of Public Service imposed a unilateral 50% parking meter rate increase throughout Columbus. The policy was approved by the mayor. Due to the way Columbus’ policies are written, neither city council nor the general populace were invited to weigh in on the final plan, muchless question its validity. Every parking meter in Columbus is now slated to be reprogrammed to be 50% more expensive before the end of the year.
Many voters have expressed great opposition to the initiative, and moreso to the manner in which it was implemented. In response to the move, the Short North Business Association has drafted an open letter to the mayor outlining a variety of requests from the community.
If you would like to read the letter and add your name to the growing petition endorsing the letter, please do so by following this link: Citizens for a Collaborative Columbus Government
Please feel free to pass this link along to other concerned citizens!
Posted in: Contribute, Urban Life.
Tagged: downtown · parking · parking meters · short north
While I wholeheartedly agree with most of the letter, I have reservations about this line:
In my experience, we are generally better off with (what I assume are) trained professionals in city government making decisions instead of politicians that will do anything for a vote. In this case though, it seems that the Public Service Director is acting on political whims anyway, so I’m not sure it makes a difference.