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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don’t think it warrants calling
someone a loudmouth because they support the parking ban and oppose organizing
our neighborhoods to facilitate car ownership. We all bear the costs of our car
culture. I’d rather that passion be put to supporting a more viable
public transportation system. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I support the parking ban. The more
parking is available, the more cars we’ll have. Among other
benefits, it keeps the streets clear of abandoned cars and cars that are very
slowly being put back in working order. It also keeps at least some people from
buying and operating even more vehicles. Some people continue to support the
ban even though it causes many of us inconvenience because we have come to
appreciate the continuing benefits. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Charlotte</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> summit-bounces@sna.providence.ri.us
[mailto:summit-bounces@sna.providence.ri.us] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Andrew Nosal<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 11, 2006
3:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> summit@sna.providence.ri.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Summit] parking passions</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>OK Paul I do not doubt that you have obnoxious neighbors.
Something ought to be done. What I am tired of is how the cost of your
chosen remedy - a parking ban - is falling on hundreds of people who will never
have the means or desire to annoy you. It is a real cost, but as long as
you don't have to bear it, you don't care.<br>
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Ironically, the tendency of buildings not blessed with ample parking to be
occupied by less mature, more transient tenants is a <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>consequence</span></i> of the parking ban. In this neighborhood
it would be easy to find nice yuppie tenants perfectly willing to park on the
street to live in every decent apartment that has had the asphalt in the
backyard and front yard replaced by a patio and garden. Even the slumlord
next door to you would eventually see the light and upgrade.<br>
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Even when I had a house with a garage, I thought the parking ban was
stupid. But now that I do not have a driveway sure enough I am more
inclined to speak out against it. My big mistake was underestimating what
an intensely fraught drama people would make of parking around here.<br>
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>From where comes the conventional wisdom that public sentiment is against on
street parking? As far as I can tell, most people in this city do not
care one way or the other. The only ones motivated to speak up forcefully
in favor of street parking are, naturally, those who need a place to
park. That they tend to be transient and politically disengaged is not an
excuse to shaft them. So who shows up at every meeting that might address
overnight parking but the passionate opponents? I think the influence of
such opponents is out of proportion to their numbers. This is what I
meant when I called you a loudmouth. I do not actually know what your
voice sounds like.</span></font></p>
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