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I don't know if any council persons are lurking. But as a dedicated user of the
farmer's market I have known that meters several blocks away from the market are
enforced on Saturdays. Have been as long as I have been going - seven eight
years now. Whether it is an intelligent policy is another matter but it does
not seem to have stopped shoppers from coming. The old market was always jammed
during high vegetable season
John Sherman
On the marches of Como Park and the North End
Quoting Pam Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Everyone:
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> Now I have to admit I rarely visit downtown Saint Paul, particularly on a
> weekend. Suffice it to say, that I was more than shocked when I went
> downtown and parked on West Seventh with many other unsuspecting souls and
> got ticketed for an expired meter.
>
> I went down to the Grand Opening of the Farmers Market, which by the way was
> a wonderful experience and is now just a better venue all the way around.
>
> I spoke to the manager of the Farmers Market and asked him when the meter
> policy had changed. He wasn't certain, but he DID know that the immediate
> streets around the farmers market were still free. I told him that there was
> no place to park on the immediate streets and it seemed counter productive,
> if the Farmers Market wanted people to come down, to have the city charge for
> metered parking on the weekends when that never was the case before.
>
> How did I miss that this was now the policy?
>
> Does the city really think that this will increase traffic downtown and boost
> the retail revenue?
>
> Is this the way they tax for the new improvements made to the Farmers
> Market?
>
> What is even more frustrating is that I always carry meter money in the car
> with me, should I need it. It just never occurred to me that the meters were
> in force.
>
> Again, the Saint Paul crew ruins the experience of the downtown experience!
>
> How can I protest this ticket? I hope my city councilman, Lee Helgen is
> lurking along with Dave Thune and everyone else. Is this something you all
> voted for? Or is this just something that occurred without your knowledge?
> If so, then how was the change communicated to people?
>
> It now just added a tab of $23.00 to my originally conservative Farmers
> Market bill. Not to mention the time and parking it will cost me to protest
> it.
>
> Pamela Ellison
> Como Park
> Saint Paul
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