-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 October 2002 17:09, Victoria Heller wrote: > Since the City is already in the parking business, and since the City > owns the streets, I think the City should paint parking spots on every > block and auction them off annually to the highest bidder. The strategy > would be a new form of public-private "partnership."
I am aware of at least one neighborhood in St. Paul which does something very much like this. They have permit-only parking so that only residents are allowed to park on that street... not sure if they have provisional permits so that residents can have guests or what. But considering that the streets are a public good that certain people (i.e. those driving cars and wishing to park them on the streets) are using more than others, I see no reason why the city shouldn't issue an on-street parking pass for certain high-demand areas or all areas for that matter-- this isn't much different than the temporary use license that occurs with parking meters. Why should my tax money subsidize what is essentially a large parking lot? Or can you assure me that the City takes in enough money from various auto-related use taxes (license tabs, gas tax, etc) to cover all of the expense of providing free parking to everyone? -michael ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael C. Libby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> public key: http://www.ichimunki.com/public_key.txt web site: http://www.ichimunki.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9q1uR4ClW9KMwqnMRAsLYAJ4+VmQv+/dawDHlYouEgT5seJdIUQCfS9Z8 ENCLHG2IoBg3nen88hPezK0= =Tc9J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
