DCist: Morning Roundup: Bills, Bills, Bills Edition

MikeB

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:45:35 -0500

What if you drive into the meter, thus breaking it, with your Escalade?

monkeyrotica

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:42:34 -0500

You're right. You can't pump the meter and expect to stay there all day. Also, you can't park at a broken meter and expect to park there free, either. They give you a ticket, you have to appeal claiming the meter broke, and MAYBE they'll revoke the ticket. Maybe.

ist full of dollars

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:29:20 -0500

As I understand it, Hillman, the max allowable time on a meter is how long you are able to stay parked in that spot. If your meter expires at two hours and you put more money in, you don't get another two hours. You are now in violation of the two hour parking restriction and eligible to be ticketed. I could be wrong about this, but that's how it has been explained to me.

HCE

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:24:52 -0500

I can't wait to hear more about this pet lottery. I would be more likely to buy a $1 scratch-off ticket, if I knew there was a chance of winning a puppy.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:29:14 -0500

Yeah, good luck finding a decent sniper in DC. No training program, remember?

RJ

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:09:55 -0500

mho, No, the idea is to encourage more revenue for DC. The parking increase will fund the HPAP program.

mho

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:42:54 -0500

ill on the hill, the idea is to encourage use of public transportation.

IMGoph

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:34:49 -0500

thanks, monkey. the snipers will be on the lookout for you next time you come near. near where? that's for you to figure out.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:12:43 -0500

I'm with IMGoph. It there's any neighborhood that needs to be razed and sown with salt, it's Bloomingdale. That Morlock lair has been a hotspot of stabbiness since Walter Washington sat on a spike. The "shire" has been begging to be "scoured" for years. They can borrow my fell beast and backhoe.

Hillman

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:06:50 -0500

Downtown meters should be $3 an hour. Otherwise it's cheaper to just pay the meter all day, instead of finding a garage space.

IMGoph

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:58:39 -0500

i know they chose barry farm so they could say, "look, we're putting this in both the richest and poorest city neighborhoods," but since barry farm is going to be redeveloped soon (totally razed), isn't this a bit of a waste of effort there? isn't there somewhere else that would make more sense?

greeper

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:57:26 -0500

Charging that much for meters is a good idea, but only if you have modern meters (credit card meters)

Fluxgirl

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:38:21 -0500

Only 4 a.m.?! No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace, no justice, no peace (everybody!), no justice, no peace. What's that? No one cares? 'K

18thandCali

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:36:51 -0500

The DC Council is weak. As soon as a couple senators (who shouldn't have ANY say in DC local politics) make a little fuss, they fold like a lawn chair. No balls whatsoever.

econosize

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:14:40 -0500

Thanks for the Council roundup, Sommer. I generally read my dead-tree WaPo from the inside-out and I tend to gloss over the Metro section between finishing the crossword puzzles and reading the front page.

ill on the hill

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:08:53 -0500

If all of the meter rates are going up, can the city hurry up and install more of those nifty electronic meters where you can pay with a credit card? I don't have enough room in my glove box for all the quarters that I'll apparently be needing.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:03:12 -0500

I'm interested in seeing whether P.N. Hoffman can get the remaining private sector capital to get SE Waterfront off the ground, considering nobody's lending anybody money for these kinds of projects. I hear a few of Jemal's projects are currently languishing for lack of funding as well. Which is a shame, because I was really looking forward to that reincarnation of the Waffle Shop to arrive near the convention center.