[SkateDC] yet more on Parking in DC

[SHARON JONES-BARNETT]

Yeah, my family's coming to visit, but there's no way we're dining in DC due to parking restrictions :(


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> From: susan at burgerman.net
> To: baxlap at msn.com; skate at skatedc.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:22:29 -0500
> Subject: [SkateDC] yet more on Parking in DC
> 
> Just to prove that I can out-civics lecture anyone: before you MD & VA
> residents take this opportunity to rant about corruption and waste in DC
> governance, do please remember that our admin and council are severely
> hamstrung in deciding how to allocate their puny resources. Go ahead and
> point the blame for draconian parking regs that are guaranteed to put
> downtown restaurants out of business on the congressional representatives -
> elected officials, put there by real citizens like y'all - who control our
> budget.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: skatedc-bounces at ligemail.lig.net
> [mailto:skatedc-bounces at ligemail.lig.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Baxley
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:05 PM
> To: skate at skatedc.org
> Subject: Re: [SkateDC] Parking in DC
> 
> 
> Yeah the new parking regs totally suck. But, as a DC homeowner, I
> understand the district's need for creating revenue streams. Pardon the
> civics lecture, but here goes:
> 
> 
> 
> Even with the most responsible government, DC's tax base is limited. A large
> chunk of DC is composed of federal agency buildings that pay no property
> taxes. Allowing no buildings taller than 12 stories in DC cuts into the
> property taxes that could be generated from high-rise condos. 
> 
> 
> 
> And people who live Maryland and Virginia and work in DC don't pay any DC
> income taxes. In other parts of the country, people who work in one state,
> but live another pay income taxes in the state where they work. Congress
> isn't about to allow that sort of commuter tax here anytime soon. 
> 
> 
> 
> That shiny new baseball park? Maryland and Virginia didn't pay a dime for
> it.
> 
> 
> 
> Suburbanites have been getting a free ride in DC for a long time and would
> do well to get over themselves. So, while the new regs suck, they're
> entirely understandable. To amend a long-time motto, "shut up, feed the
> meter, and skate!" (;-) 
> 
> "That's peanut butter!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuT5kMoYc1w
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:06:59 -0800
> > From: skatewash at yahoo.com
> > To: skate at skatedc.org
> > Subject: [SkateDC] Parking in DC
> > 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Here's a change I was hoping wouldn't happen, but it looks like it already
> has:
> > 
> > D.C. raising parking meter fees, extending enforcement hours
> > Briefly, as of 1/19/10 metered parking will now be enforced until 10 PM
> Monday through Saturday, with rates of $0.75 to $2 per hour depending on
> location. Obviously this will impact those who drive to the Wednesday and
> Friday night skates and any special skates on Saturday. Sunday parking is
> still free (so far).
> > 
> > For more details:
> > 
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/09/AR2010010901
> 456.html
> > 
> > Maybe this will encourage more people to come into the city in the
> evenings and on weekends </sarc>
> > 
> > Not a happy skater,
> > George
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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