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ation. Don’t people look at these stories and question them pri- ma facie? Editors sell papers, not facts.
Receipts to void parking tickets? Urbana, IL, is discussing an interesting idea. If you receive
a parking ticket in its downtown area and can bring in receipts to prove you were shopping during that time, the ticket would be voided. This is the same approach that shopping centers often use.
You get an hour or two of free parking and they begin to charge after that. However, if you can show that you purchased more than a certain amount, say $150, you get an extra hour free. We are talking on-street validations. And why not? There
are some issues that need to be addressed. First of all, who makes the determination as to the amount? If someone simply parks downtown all day and buys a newspaper, is that enough? Is the Hope Diamond enough? Somewhere in between? If it deals with only voiding tickets, it will certainly be inconsistent since most violations aren’t caught. The program needs to be considered and then put in place
with the stores validating parking, but buying validations from the city. This will force them to treat them with the respect they deserve. Customers will be asked how long they were parked and be issued a “get out of fine free” citation card for that day. If those cards aren’t worth something to the merchant, all sorts
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of cheating will abound. The card could be mailed in with the citation, and the city
would then void the ticket, assuming all the criteria of the pro- gram are met. I think it could be a good
plan.Merchants pay for their cus-
tomers’ on-street parking.Why not? It happens in shopping cen- ters, why not in central business districts.
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