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Usually I'm on the side of not focusing on minor issues or "gotcha!" moments, but I don't think any downtown city employees should be getting free parking, that does indeed exacerbate the problem with too many cars and with too many people using their vehicles in preference to public transit. Sometimes symbolism is important, if city council wants to lead the way, they have to make sacrifices of their own to convince people they're serious.

They should also be leading the way in work-from-home programs and virtualizing every single function that can be so treated, going as paperless as feasible. And if they already are, their propaganda people (aka media relations) should be ensuring that these immediate efforts are foremost in the public mind, rather than talk of fifty or sixty year goals.