February 11th, 2010
Free Sunday Parking up for a vote
Council will discuss an ordinance to eliminate free parking on Sundays starting at 1 pm.
This would generate $68,000 of revenue for the city and the 1pm start is to still allow free parking for those going to downtown houses of worship on Sunday mornings.
Visit http://cityofnewarkde.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1481 for more information and be sure to let me know your thoughts.
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I want to thank you and the city on behalf of my family and neighbors in Fairfield Crest, Fremont Road, for the great road cleaning during the past snow and for speedy repair of an electric outage. We are all so gratieul and pleased with the dedication, hard work and skill shown by the city workers.
Is there anything like the establishment clause in Delaware state law? I don’t see why Christian churchgoers should get special parking consideration, especially since it appears the motivation for this is just to increase revenue. Why are we turning down $29,000 to accommodate one religious group?
I am a fan of Sunday free parking and it has nothing to do with being Christian. I’ve lived in Newark twenty plus years and have spent 10 of those years with a disability. Parking for Main Street is a chore, especially when you are limited in your ability to walk. So, I use Sundays, when traffic and parking is at its least to visit businesses in Newark. I don’t have to do business in Newark, and if it’s going to cost me, I might as well go somewhere else, where it’s free to park and less of a stress. I like spending with local businesses. But, paying for parking will be one more reason to skip Newark altogether.
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