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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a problem with restaurants being allowed to set up tables in a parking lane provided they pay "rent" to the city. They shouldn't be allowed to take over public spaces for free.

Also agree with the PP re: sidewalks.[/quote]

Cool, we can charge them the same "rent" that the city charges drivers who take over those public spaces. Currently I believe that's $2.25 an hour between the hours of 7am and 6:30pm, so, roughly $26 per day per parking space. I doubt the restaurants will find that too much of a burden.   [/quote]

Where do you think the money for roads comes from in the first place? Do you think it falls from the sky? We pay for roads and road maintenance through a combination of gas taxes (paid by drivers), user fees (paid by drivers) and income taxes (paid primarily by drivers). [/quote]

D.C. income taxes are not paid primarily by people driving on D.C.'s roads. Nor the user fees, really. And, honestly, I bet a lot of the gas purchases people make in the area are also not in D.C.[/quote]

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