The Parking Authority is bad for business

The greedy beasts at the Miami Parking Authority (MPA) apparently saw our concern yesterday and today, this was the meter in the post office parking lot -- covered up, so as not to continue scamming the public.

I think the time has come to go after the MPA, they have done enough damage around here. I was at a meeting this morning with a few movers and shakers from the City and the Grove and not one of them had a nice thing to say about the Parking Authority. They felt they were crooks and fools (their words, not mine) for putting a meter in the post office lot.


They said nasty words under their breath when we saw the meter guy out and about early this morning already giving tickets at 10 am.

We need to make the Grove it's own Village/City. We need to start up the meetings again. The MPA is a monopoly that needs to be broken up. They have ruined the quality of life for everyone in the Grove except for a select few who feed off of them, literally.

The MPA and their nasty tactics is the number one reason people avoid visiting Coconut Grove. This is the case with every random poll ever done. When people deal with the MPA once, they don't return to Coconut Grove again, this is a fact. There are more friendly environments that welcome these guests (like South Miami and Coral Gables), they don't need to come back to the Grove.

Enough already. We need to get a movement going now. The Parking Authority monopoly needs to be broken up. The job needs to be bid out yearly or every few years, or just be gone all together.