Parking Meter Pay Boxes Pop Up On Touhy
It certainly seemed to be a Halloween trick to businesses in the 50th ward.
After years of free parking, a parking meter pay boxes were installed in the 2900 block of N. Touhy on October 31st according to a report by Newsradio 780.
It seems that some pay boxes have recently been removed from nearby Devon Ave. But under the new Chicago parking meter lease deal, metered spaces cannot just be removed by the alderman like in the old days–they must be moved to another location–or the city has to pay a penalty to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC.
According to WBBM radio’s report, the owner of the North Shore Bakery claims a 30% decrease in sales since the pay boxes have been installed.
And 50th Ald. Stone tells reporter Regine Schlesinger that businesses along Touhy have been lucky because they’ve had free parking up until now.
Stone, who’s 82 and after originally hinting he would retire, is planning to run or re-election in February.
Here’s Schlesinger’s full report with audio, “Parking Pay Box Pops Up To Dismay Of Businesses.”
A while back on Chicago Tonight, there was a story about the meter deal and Bernie Stone, and I forget who else was on, were discussing the meter deal. Stone looked like a jackass and he seemed pleased with the deal. I’m sure he got greased. The hell with his old, wrinkly ass. I know he won’t be around for most of those 75 years. Chicago politics at its best.
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I can think of a good place to install those pay boxes… like up Daley’s arse! Let the bribers pay the Morgan Stanley black hole as well as Daley.