Sure, the pre-Christmas parking situation is more difficult than at other times, but I think the Star Tribune article about hundreds of Lake Street customers being towed speaks for itself. The counterintuitive Smith Parker/Hennepin County plan to reduce parking on Lake is at best misguided. Here is the article:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4284918.html Excerpts: As many as 150 Ingebretsen's customers should expect to have their cars towed this week, according to the St. Louis Park towing company that patrols the Bloomington-Lake Clinic parking lot across the street. The Parking Endorsement towing company hauled away nearly 200 cars last December, nearly all of them belonging to Ingebretsen's customers, the towing company's owner said. Eric Sarri, 40, a former Rochester resident now living in Evergreen, Colo., also said he "couldn't wait" to get back to Ingrebretsen's. But he did wait. He circled the store several times on two occasions Monday, but couldn't find a parking spot. So he returned Tuesday. Doug Knudson, 39, of Minneapolis, said he parked a few blocks away because he didn't want to "waste time driving around and risk having to wait outside the store in line." David Piehl Central __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
