Eric Collins is covering a great story for Tuesday's 10 pm show. It's another confrontation between the Mayor's office and the City Attorney's office. It seems that many public parking spaces have been used by a posh restaurant for valet parking.
Mike Aguirre had the valet parking signs torn down, the Mayor's office had them put back up and now...Aguirre is saying, "Go ahead and park there. We won't prosecute you!"
That's a pretty amazing statement and I can't wait to see the fallout. I love it when things get stirred up. We are all too complacent and could use a little poking with a stick from time to time.
Speaking of which, in the archive stories I've included with Eric's report on the web, I want to point you to this gem from John Mattes. I don't know about you but I HATE the tiny parking spaces we have in San Diego.
Well, John Mattes did a fun story last year in which he took a tape measure and went around seeing if various businesses were giving us the full space width required by the city code. He measures space after space...before checking out the parking spots of the mayor and city council. Check it here.
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 Parking Spaces 2/17/06
Everywhere you go the size of parking spaces seem to be shrinking. FOX 6's John Mattes investigates how San Diego parking spots measure up. |
