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JVH comments on Parking News every day at PT Blog – log on at
www.parkingtoday.com. Each month, there are at least 40 other comments like these, posted daily.
If you go to the online edition of October 2011 ParkingToday,
you will find all the “hot links” below. And even more current comments by PT Editor JVH.
McCoy Retires From Portland Post (Posted Sept. 3)
Ellis McCoy, under fire, has retired from his position as Park-
ing Operations Manager of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), marking another chapter in the sad story emanating from the Oregon city. The Oregonian newspaper has reported that the former PBOT
parking manager is under investigation by the FBI and the IRS on allegations that he took bribes and kickbacks in connection with a city deal he recommended to pay Cale Parking Systems USA as much as $20 million for smart meters. Cale’s president also is a tar- get of the federal corruption investigation, the newspaper reported. I met with some folks last week who worked for some of Cale’s
competitors, and we were all in agreement that, no matter the out- come, nothing good could come from this. It hurts the entire parking industry, not to mention the lives of the people directly involved. The newspaper also pointed out that McCoy is going through a divorce. We don’t know the whys and wherefores, nor is it our busi-
ness, but there is no question that the stress of the situation could not have helped. My heart goes out to everyone involved.
Professor Quits Over Parking (Posted Sept. 3)
According to a CBC News report, a professor at Dalhousie Uni-
versity in Nova Scotia has resigned, saying a severe shortage of parking spaces at the Halifax school has forced him to quit his pro- fession of 31 years. (Thanks to Wanda over on our Facebook page for pointing this
report out to me.) Wife R graduated from Dalhousie and says, yes, parking was a
problem there, and that was, well, let’s say, a few semesters ago when she matriculated. Now as then, there simply isn’t enough space for the 18,000
students and 3,000 staff to park. Most, I’m told, take local public transportation, but it sounds from the report as if they could use a little help in planning for allocation of permits. I might note that this professor of political science might have
more on his plate than just parking. If he’s not sure enough of the system to figure out how to park at the university, I wonder at his understanding of U.S./Canadian defense policy (his specialty). Continued on Page 48
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