Comments on: Is City Parking Program Another Green Program?

By: Brian Bailey

Brian Bailey — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:14:21 +0000

This is being pushed on the employees as a way to supplement the budget. If this doesn’t happen with the budget deficit, jobs “may” be lost. What you have is a way for the City to gain general revenue dollars from the people they are paying, most of which are City residents and utility Customers, i.e. they are already paying. The same goes for the accident fee they “may” charge you. You don’t have a choice of opting out of a dispatch and you are already paying for public saftey, but they “may” charge you again for actually utilizing a service you already pay for with your taxes and utilities.

The City needs to relearn the difference between wants and needs, just like any other business or houshold. The City’s responsibilities include public saftey, essential services and utilities. Anything in the budget other than these things is a want and should be cut if there is no budget to support it. Gaines Street Improvement, Smart Meters, Performing Arts Center, etc. all projects with zero return on investment that will in fact cost the residents of this City more money to maintain and operate.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:37:39 +0000

This is CRAZY. And the way it is being sold to employees is not as a green program. They are being told if they do not sign and agree to pay someone may lose their job. So even though no one will say where the money will go it is being implied that each department will get to keep what they collect so they will not have to lay off people. What can be done to stop it????

By: Buggerall

Buggerall — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:50:51 +0000

When will the citizens that vote these people into office wake up? Nothing our elected officials do is open and above board. I wonder, do the city and county officials that get a vehicle provided pay for parking?