Comments on: Downtown Parking… http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/ notes from a native son Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gannon http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-4230 Gannon Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/#comment-4230 I moved out of Hartford in April as a compromise with my girlfriend, and let me tell you, I could have slid like scrooge mcduck into a pit of my parking tickets by the time i left huntington st. worse than the police's appalling ticket happy practices - flake of snow in danbury? TICKET EM!! car parked on odd side of street at 807 AM? TICKET EM!! one time i literally got a ticket at 4 AM - did a hartford cop really have nothing better to do at 4 AM on huntington st than ticket me? - is the HARTFORD PARKING AUTHORITY. The people i've encountered there are mean, rude, unforgiving, and provide me the only reason i have to be relieved i'm no longer in da beat. I moved out of Hartford in April as a compromise with my girlfriend, and let me tell you, I could have slid like scrooge mcduck into a pit of my parking tickets by the time i left huntington st. worse than the police’s appalling ticket happy practices – flake of snow in danbury? TICKET EM!! car parked on odd side of street at 807 AM? TICKET EM!! one time i literally got a ticket at 4 AM – did a hartford cop really have nothing better to do at 4 AM on huntington st than ticket me? – is the HARTFORD PARKING AUTHORITY. The people i’ve encountered there are mean, rude, unforgiving, and provide me the only reason i have to be relieved i’m no longer in da beat.

]]> By: murbike http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-3893 murbike Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:17:07 +0000 http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/#comment-3893 You're not going to see a fix for the parking issue, or any others (crime, the Library, etc) until you get a mayor and administration who care about fixing the problems. The ball is rolling for improvement - the building boom has pretty much wrapped up, and there are now beaucoup apartments. Rather than complain about how The Courant allows people to swear on their message boards, he (Perez) needs to work on improving the quality of life in the city. More cops, lower taxes, cleaner and safer streets, and more events downtown will go a long way to improving the image of 'New England's Rising Star'. You’re not going to see a fix for the parking issue, or any others (crime, the Library, etc) until you get a mayor and administration who care about fixing the problems.

The ball is rolling for improvement – the building boom has pretty much wrapped up, and there are now beaucoup apartments.

Rather than complain about how The Courant allows people to swear on their message boards, he (Perez) needs to work on improving the quality of life in the city. More cops, lower taxes, cleaner and safer streets, and more events downtown will go a long way to improving the image of ‘New England’s Rising Star’.

]]> By: Real Hartford » I’ll Pahk My Cah up Yah… http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Real Hartford » I’ll Pahk My Cah up Yah… Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:40:35 +0000 http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/#comment-3712 [...] the deal breaker for some who are thinking of moving to the city. Trying to arrange less expensive overnight parking in the city’s parking garages could be one solution, as suggested by Luis Cotto. The pricetag [...] [...] the deal breaker for some who are thinking of moving to the city. Trying to arrange less expensive overnight parking in the city’s parking garages could be one solution, as suggested by Luis Cotto. The pricetag [...]

]]> By: kerri http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-3711 kerri Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.ionhartford.com/2008/06/29/downtown-parking/#comment-3711 I was parking in the Morgan St Garage for work (CCC), but then because of issues with space (b.s.), they sent part-time employees to park in the surface lot under the highway at the end of that road. Yeah, that lot way way back from any buildings. Of course, I'm thinking this has more to do with piss-poor planning on the part of CCC than it does with Morgan St. Garage management. Even if someone has to park on the roof, there's room...like 8 floors of it. I was parking in the Morgan St Garage for work (CCC), but then because of issues with space (b.s.), they sent part-time employees to park in the surface lot under the highway at the end of that road. Yeah, that lot way way back from any buildings. Of course, I’m thinking this has more to do with piss-poor planning on the part of CCC than it does with Morgan St. Garage management. Even if someone has to park on the roof, there’s room…like 8 floors of it.

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