ComputerGuy Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 Good article by Dale Palfrey. Required hours of waiting and being tactful. The comment about resorting to 'other means of collection'... I'd like to see how they could do anything. Sounds like posturing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdlngton Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Good article by Dale Palfrey. Required hours of waiting and being tactful. The comment about resorting to 'other means of collection'... I'd like to see how they could do anything. Sounds like posturing to me. I would have liked to see Dale address the sign on the malecon in her article. Who put it there? If the information is not correct then why hasn't it been taken down by the municipio government? Allowing a sign like that in the tourist zone which, if incorrect, may lead to tourists getting a ticket for parking is not the way to build goodwill with visitors. And if the sign was put there by the municipio government, then why are the meters still standing, meter zones still marked and ticket writers still allowed to issue tickets? I am not worried about any parking tickets they may give me because I have a foreign plated car connected to my previous passport. I don't think they could ever trace the car back to me. However, I wonder if they can boot or tow my car for parking without buying a ticket. Are they still doing that? Some Mexicans I spoke to seemed to think that towing was a real possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I talked to the chief of police yesterday Ramon del Arco and he said don't pay the tickets, but I think I will pay the meter so there is no problems, it is cheap enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Agree, I have no interest in getting in the middle of their pissing contest. We hardly go there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I would have liked to see Dale address the sign on the malecon in her article. Who put it there? If the information is not correct then why hasn't it been taken down by the municipio government? Allowing a sign like that in the tourist zone which, if incorrect, may lead to tourists getting a ticket for parking is not the way to build goodwill with visitors. And if the sign was put there by the municipio government, then why are the meters still standing, meter zones still marked and ticket writers still allowed to issue tickets? It would seem from the article that the banner was hung by the citizen's group led by Mario Ferrer. Since the municipality "agrees" with them, they certainly won't take it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Sadly politics has trumped common sense. For a city that needs more income I would think that it needs to get on with day to day events and be thank full for the extra cash..maybe then it can supply the masons and peons with the materials to fill pot holes etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 They got screwed by the obviously rigged/corrupt original contract and they don't like it at all. Ferrer's group is more concerned with the loss of parking for workers and the fact that they have many competitors out along the carretera who have plenty of free parking at their door. We used to shop there, we don't now and I know others who have done the same. It is not about the money, it is about the hassle. For Mexicans, the parking rates are pretty stiff IMO. If the intent was to free up parking this could have been done with posted time limits enforced by parking monitors and paid for with fines. This was not about revenues for the city, this was about a sweetheart deal for the previous administration. It stinks. But if you go there, the best course of action is to just pay the fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 They got screwed by the obviously rigged/corrupt original contract and they don't like it at all. Ferrer's group is more concerned with the loss of parking for workers and the fact that they have many competitors out along the carretera who have plenty of free parking at their door. We used to shop there, we don't now and I know others who have done the same. It is not about the money, it is about the hassle. For Mexicans, the parking rates are pretty stiff IMO. If the intent was to free up parking this could have been done with posted time limits enforced by parking monitors and paid for with fines. This was not about revenues for the city, this was about a sweetheart deal for the previous administration. It stinks. But if you go there, the best course of action is to just pay the fee. I agree. You know what happens to anyone who gets in the middle of a pi...zing contest. I just put a little baggie of pesos in the glove compartment for the occasions when I find myself in the metered section. Sooner or later, there's bound to be a resolution of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebeads Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Interesting. I parked in the metered "zone" today for 2 hours and did not pay. I was not ticketed ( US plates) but the Mexican car in-front of me had a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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