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How The Chicago Parking Meter Lease Deal Went Down

First Posted: 05/10/09 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 02:15 PM ET

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Chicago Reader:

No one in Chicago has been happy about the recent hike in parking meter rates, but by last week the frustration had become outrage, and the outrage had become a political problem.

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No one in Chicago has been happy about the recent hike in parking meter rates, but by last week the frustration had become outrage, and the outrage had become a political problem.
No one in Chicago has been happy about the recent hike in parking meter rates, but by last week the frustration had become outrage, and the outrage had become a political problem.
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Eric8869
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03:38 PM on 04/09/2009
I put 4 quarters in a meter (which used to give me 4 HOURS) and i guess I was 5 minutes late (from spending money at a local business) and I got a $50 parking ticket!

OK chicago - its just as easy for me to drive to the burbs to shop. So be it.
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mergina
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02:24 PM on 04/09/2009
Outrage is putting it MILDLY.
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