5 minutes for a quarter? Rip off!!!!

I used to work in town many years ago and you could go shopping at Kaufmann’s, Hornes and Gimbels on a Monday or Thursday evenings after work, and you were perfectly safe walking the streets going from one place to another. Now, you couldn’t pay me to go to town for anything, including dining! You would think the City would do everything it could to attract people and not give them another reason for staying away. I would rather go to a mall in the suburbs where everything is under one roof and I DON’T have to pay to be there, and I feel safe (with the exception of Century III). Wake up Pittsburgh!

Nothing like politicians micromanaging solutions for a problem! Just wait until the garages start falling down! Have you ever parked at 9th & Penn or 6th & Penn? I hate to say it but they’ll be sorry that they didn’t take the parking lease deal! The pension debt is going to hit us all like a ton of bricks so get ready,

We could fix the parking problem by eliminating free parking for city & county officials and politicians. They think they are above everyone else. Bunch of arrogant SOB’s, that’s what they are.

Seriously, are they trying to keep people away from Pittsburgh? Because people aren’t going to keep coming to this city if they can’t reasonably park for a fair price.

I’ll go elsewhere to spend my money, I’m not pumping the meters full of cash to pay the pensions of Union Cronies. My dollars spend just as well outside the city, I notice a lot more empty Parking spaces when I was in South Side, where the Meter Maids hide and sneak ouy to write tickets as soon as the expiration pops up. This city is really hard up for the cash, its a real shame that the Public is prosecuted.

1-2-3 – it’s not the union cronies you refer to that is the problem. They along with non-union employees have contributed to the pension fund since they were hired. The City is the problem. The City wasn’t investing the pension -just letting it sit – so now they wonder why they are underfunded! Doesn’t take an actuary to figure that one out. It’s not fair to the people who have been contributing, just like you would in a 40lK, and then turn around and the City can’t make the payment that they promised. Don’t fault the workers for the City’s erroneous actions.