Parking task force recommendations

[georgy.livejournal.com]

 As linked to in Rebekah Gewirtz's newsletter:

http://www.somervillema.gov/NewsDetail.cfm?instance_id=1481

Comments

taxes

[cos]

Yup, they're using parking to substitute for taxes, and it's really frustrating, especially since their initial answers were trying to avoid saying that.

Partly, though, Somerville is sufferring from the fact that the state isn't taxing enough, because the state is afraid to raise any sensible taxes. So one thing we can do, in addition to yelling at Somerville for its really bad parking plans (which we should keep doing), is calling our legislators to beg for higher income and gas taxes. Fortunately some of Somerville's delegation have been leaders in the state house in trying to make that happen, so they deserve our thanks. We can also try to get our friends in other parts of the state to make those calls.