First the city of Concord spends all kinds of money making the downtown a place we want to go. Now they have increased parking meter times and rates enough to discourage many would-be shoppers and diners. To add insult to injury, they now want to install 315 more meters. I am one of those cranky people who won’t feed a meter – so I’ll just get more exercise. But I do know from experience that Short Street, one of the streets designated for the new meters, rarely has many cars parked there – certainly not enough to justify the cost of the meters and meter readers. Seems likely that other designated streets have similar use. Is Mayor Bouley for us or against us?
PATRICIA WALLACE
Concord