More on Parking

[winterhill.livejournal.com]

An article in the Somerville Journal quotes Alderman Pero as saying "city officials can't give in to constituent concerns."  Huh?  Isn't this otherwise known as listening to the people who voted you into office?  And will vote you out?  I understand they haven't come up with the right answer yet, but this statement is arrogant and lame.

Link to the full article:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/town_info/government/x1885874713/Somerville-aldermen-split-on-citywide-permit-parking

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

I have been told by traffic and parking that guest permits are for your street and cross street only, not for the entire zone on the permit.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

all the more reason this is a bad idea. Right now, my guests don't *have* to park on my doorstep. They can park on Elm south of Cedar, which always has space, and is an easy 1-block walk to my place (it always has space because almost every building along there has a parking lot or driveway, so the residents park off street for most of Elm from Cedar south to Somerville Ave.). If the permit limits them to my street and the cross street, then even if they wanted to park on spacious, always available Elm, they couldn't (my street runs parallel to Elm; a different street would be my cross street).

It's just poorly thought out; it might eliminate a little non-resident parking in really congested areas, but it's going to make the lives of a disproportionate number of residents in south Porter, Union, Winter Hill areas more difficult, while repairing an issue that *doesn't exist* in this part.

[sonofabish.livejournal.com]

All the more reason to vote every single person in office from the Mayor on down out of office the next election.

[ron_newman]

That would be hard since almost nobody has an opponent, and the filing deadine has passed.

Rebekah Gewirtz (Ward 6) is opposed, but she's been good on this issue (as on most others) and I'd absolutely like to keep her around.

[sonofabish.livejournal.com]

Ok, we'll do that for Rebekah. You're correct there.

At the very least, if I still live here in Somerville this next election, I'm going to write in "none of the above" for the rest of them. Unfortunately, we're not allowed to call for votes of no confidence in our government, and this will have to suffice.