It sucks for the powers-that-be when the People start pushing back, especially when they mean it. Here in my hometown of Chicago, the Windy City (so named for the blowhard politicians, not the lake-effect wind) the People have finally gotten fed up with the parking situation and are taking matters into their own hands by smashing and vandalizing the parking meters. These parking meters charge up to 12 quarters for ONE HOUR!!! (Not much better than the garages which charge about $7 an hour). It is a well known fact here that when a meter is broken, you don't have to pay it. I'm surprised it took this long to come to the conclusion that the easiest thing to do is BREAK THE METERS! YAYAH!!!! Now that's the spirit I know and love about Americans. How much BS are you all going to put up with? Apparently, the 11% sales tax didn't get it, or the near $1 a gallon gas tax, but Chicago draws the line at $3 an hour parking! Good for you Chicago. Now, if only someone could get up on a ladder and spray paint those red-light cameras. So you know, Chicago, Hawaiians revolted when their state installed cameras at the lights and they literally tore them down until the politicians decided they should forgo that stupid idea. Value your privacy and your rights not to be taxed for every minute of your lives!
Now, I realize, the city no longer owns these meters. But they should never have sold them to a private company in the first place. The minute they did, the prices skyrocketed and it has made it prohibitive to visit or live in Chicago if you have a vehicle. AND, the city is profiting off of the meters by retaining the right to write tickets for meter offenses. Any qualms I might have had about vandalizing private property went out the window when I saw the meter maids freaking out on the news. Anything to drive those big-bottomed witches batty.
Anyone who would like to know how to disable a meter without being obvious about it...try a little superglue on a quarter and shove it in the slot. (I got'cher back.)
4 comments:
"But they should never have sold them to a private company in the first place. "
I am a libertarian and I disagree. Government should be getting out of the parking business.
Privatization is good.
- Bob
I guess it's a start. Hopefully these same people are outraged about the TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States) and the outright theft he and his are seeming to pull off with ease.
LOL on the cop pic, Megan!!
Bob...I agree with you IF the city is not allowed to profit off expired meters. The company who owns them should be able to do that. As it is, the company and the city are clearly in cahoots over these meters....Make them unaffordable which leads to more expired meters which leads to more $125 tickets.
and I should have added...the city should not be charging for parking on public streets at all! They are clogging up EVERY street in Chicago with meters and if you try to park in the neighborhoods, you can't unless you have a "permit"...it's a RACKET
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