Comments on Advance Indiana™: Someone Picks Up On Ballard's Latest Tax Increase

I was living in Chicago part time when the city fa...

2010-08-06T01:26:52.933-05:00

I was living in Chicago part time when the city fathers their made a similar great deal with a private vendor. Does anyone think through the ramifications of 24/7 parking meters? Try going to the theater in an area where there is only metered parking- you hope that intermission is timed right. Or, try enjoying a leisurely meal without keeping one eye on the clock. But my favorite was attending a church in the city and seeing everyones surprise when all the cars outside the church (obviously belonging to persons at church) all had tickets - lots of happy campers that day.

I wonder if Ballard has already gotten the backing...

2010-08-05T18:20:32.567-05:00

I wonder if Ballard has already gotten the backing of his favorite puppet Democrat, Jackie Nytes. Nytes has never seen a tax hike or fee increase that she didn't like.

"If you block meters on a weekday, you will r...

2010-08-05T17:52:27.393-05:00

"If you block meters on a weekday, you will receive an invoice from the Special Events office, and the fees must be paid before the permit is issued. If your organization is a not-for-profit group, you may submit a letter of waiver request."

I wonder if the City ever collects this fee. I know how they are..they probably don't.

The great mistake the Republicans make is in think...

2010-08-05T06:50:26.875-05:00

The great mistake the Republicans make is in thinking that everyone else is as dumb as them.

Everyone sees through this scam, because Mitch ran the same playbook. It's just another selling off of public assets for private profit disguised as a "lease."

The Mitch Morons are still trying to tell us that the Toll Road wasn't sold off.

The Republicans really think that if they insert the word "lease" somewhere into the sales contract that a sale hasn't occurred. I suspect they rather know a sale occurred, but they can't take the PR heat from that manner of conveyance, so they fight an Orwellian battle of newspeak to keep some bit of confusion in the air.

That sounds more like it.

2010-08-05T06:28:38.598-05:00

That sounds more like it.

I guess the old memory banks are corroding. I dou...

2010-08-04T21:39:03.406-05:00

I guess the old memory banks are corroding. I doubled the amount:

Parking Meter Blockage

"You must provide the numbers off the parking meter heads, such as EW 101-105 odd (to use East Washington Street meters 101, 103, and 105.) There is a charge of $15.00 per meter per weekday to block the meters anytime between the hours of 7:00am and 6:00pm. There is no charge for weekends or holidays. If you block meters on a weekday, you will receive an invoice from the Special Events office, and the fees must be paid before the permit is issued. If your organization is a not-for-profit group, you may submit a letter of waiver request. This letter will be presented to the Department of Public Works Board, which will determine if the parking meter fees are to be waived."

With the current meter rate at 75 cents an hour, I...

2010-08-04T21:22:00.864-05:00

With the current meter rate at 75 cents an hour, I don't see how they could be generating anywhere near that daily amount from a single meter.

When there is an event downtown and the event orga...

2010-08-04T21:17:30.730-05:00

When there is an event downtown and the event organizer wants to block some part of the street with meters, they are currently billed $30 per meter per day. That figure is determined by the supposed average daily revenue of a meter.

So this must mean the cost for such events will also go up similarly.