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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since I don't work for a corporate gifting firm distributing commuter bags and itunes gift cards on government contracts....No. I don't.

I get what you're trying to say: that parking must exist, and all we can do is try and offer incentives not to use it. But there's something wrong with your logic, if you think the answer for Murch is to go ahead, build a parking lot (aboveground, if necessary)--and then try and convince people not to use it. The other poster, the one who said, "if we give the teachers the parking, everyone will want the parking," is similarly using very strange reasoning. [b]Should all school employees have parking permits? Sure. But that has nothing to do with policemen. Firemen. Or other government employees--all of whom are not actually AT Murch. 
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You are talking about one specific school in a residential area where most of the houses actually have parking. Much like Shepherd Park, in this specific area, more cars parked on the street is not going to cause an apocalypse. And it is cheaper--so much cheaper than any of your other options.

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It's actually a very relevant question for Murch, where there is a fire station one half block north.  The point is, public school parents can get all warm and fuzzy about how public school teachers "deserve" convenient, free parking, but where do you draw the line?  Do first responders deserve the same benefit?  If the answer is yes for Murch, then why not the fire station?  What about nursing home workers?  Where do you draw the line, especially without undermining the street parking system?  Of course, with teachers and firefighters taking RPP zoned street spaces in the same area, one can see how it would have a pretty big impact on residential neighbors.   I fully agree with another PP's observation, that if parking is provided, staff should have to pay something for it.  Few workers, at least in Washington, get free parking anymore.  Why shouldn't staff have to pay, even if parking is provided as subsidized, same as other workers have to pay to park or to ride transit?[/quote]

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