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Dear Editor:
Re: Article, "Street parking limited," The News, Nov. 16 edition
Who comes up with these regulations? Certainly not someone who has visitors more than 14 times a year, unless they come by bus or taxi. The average stay for company to come over for a barbecue is at least five hours. We have had guests ticketed under those circumstances. It has only happened twice, but that is twice too often.
The answer from parking authorities is usually, "We don't come unless we are called with a complaint." Why should we be at the mercy of some busybody that has nothing better to do than guard the street from vile street parkers?
We, like many people with grown children, have overnight visitors now and then. We also have visitors from out of town some weekends. Why is on-street parking looked at as such an evil? I understand that parking overnight by residents is frowned upon, but why only three hour parking at all times? Why not at least six. Or even better, no parking between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.
I have always felt annoyed at our parking regulations, but this latest attempt at trying to get more money from parking fines, or an attempt to curtail one's social life, is pushing it too far.

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