New York Daily News: Parking Olive Branch offer Spots for Armed Forces Found
Reported by uncivil on Tue, May 05 2009
A truce may be in the works over the military invasion of Westchester Square.
The proprietor of a parking garage in the tight-for-parking shopping district has offered armed forces recruiters 15 spots for $1,000 a month.
Square merchants have been up in arms over the local Army, Navy and Air Force recruiting stations hogging local parking spaces used by shoppers - and using government placards on their vehicle dashboards to even avoid feeding the meters.
"I think it's ridiculous for them not to do it," said Pete Mestousis, owner of the Boyle's Auto Wreckers lot. "They should have their own area without interfering or interrupting the merchants of the neighborhood."
The Army is still mulling the offer, while the Air Force and Navy could not be reached for comment at deadline.
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Posted on Thu, May 07 2009 at 10:23 AM
"The Army is still mulling the offer" ... to obey the law?! Wow, I guess we should be grateful.
Posted on Thu, May 07 2009 at 02:09 PM
Yes we should be grateful to our arm services. If it wasn't for them. We wouldn't have what we have now. But that is the thanks they get from the complainers on this web site. God forbid they get to park in front of their building.
Posted on Fri, May 08 2009 at 03:18 AM
Okay so the taxpayers are going to foot the bill for their parking garage spaces when they have G-Plates and could easily just park the car in the street. Idiots.
Posted on Sat, May 09 2009 at 08:03 PM
dragonman... so you want to let our armed forces to break any law they wish because of what they do for us (well, except for the empire-building part)? that's a dangerous line of thinking dude.
add another lame excuse to the pile!
Posted on Sun, May 10 2009 at 05:44 PM
Why don't you read what I said LAW. They are parking in front of their building. There is nothing saying that they can't park there. What is your lame excuse for not reading first!!!
Posted on Mon, May 11 2009 at 12:25 PM
Parking at meter all day without paying is, in fact illegal, whether or not it is "their" building.
Posted on Mon, May 11 2009 at 04:08 PM
Isn't it a shame that they don't have to put money in the meter but you do.
Posted on Mon, May 11 2009 at 05:39 PM
Changing the subject I see.
But anyway, I don't have to put money in meters - I don't drive!
Posted on Mon, May 11 2009 at 06:41 PM
Then you shouldn't be complaining about the parking. It has nothing to do with you.
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