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Superflyer · 11-20-2008, 02:06 PM

I cannot believe the way that people are up in arms over this, they are acting like they charge you the $3 and then slap your kids and parents.
It is $3, sure some people will have to quit their jobs and lose their houses over this but come on......

People are saying that they will park on the surrounding streets so as not to pay the money, but right now people are saying that the lots are full at 6:00 anyways, do you think that the people that are getting there at 8:00 are going Darn, that is to bad, I'll just turn around and park at home now or park downtown and pay $25, no they are parking on the streets if they can. So now there is going to be a fight for street parking. Guess what, the streets are going to fill up by 7:00.
And for the stories of single mom's whose husband died and left them with 7 kids and car payments and a large morgage, guess what, if this increase is going to make you not be able to go to work, maybe find someplace else to live\work. then people say that they cannot take the bus to the train station because they have to get up 2 hours earlier because the bus takes that long to get to the station, where the hell are you taking it from? My bus ride takes me 20-25 minutes a trip. That is from my stop in Beddington to downtown.

With this money the city will put it to projects that it needs, sure some might go to getting some new weights for the gym but some will also go to getting new LRT cars and busses to relieve the pressure.

11-20-2008, 02:06 PM	#175
Superflyer Close, but no banana. Join Date: May 2006 Exp:	I cannot believe the way that people are up in arms over this, they are acting like they charge you the $3 and then slap your kids and parents. It is $3, sure some people will have to quit their jobs and lose their houses over this but come on...... People are saying that they will park on the surrounding streets so as not to pay the money, but right now people are saying that the lots are full at 6:00 anyways, do you think that the people that are getting there at 8:00 are going Darn, that is to bad, I'll just turn around and park at home now or park downtown and pay $25, no they are parking on the streets if they can. So now there is going to be a fight for street parking. Guess what, the streets are going to fill up by 7:00. And for the stories of single mom's whose husband died and left them with 7 kids and car payments and a large morgage, guess what, if this increase is going to make you not be able to go to work, maybe find someplace else to live\work. then people say that they cannot take the bus to the train station because they have to get up 2 hours earlier because the bus takes that long to get to the station, where the hell are you taking it from? My bus ride takes me 20-25 minutes a trip. That is from my stop in Beddington to downtown. With this money the city will put it to projects that it needs, sure some might go to getting some new weights for the gym but some will also go to getting new LRT cars and busses to relieve the pressure.