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  • San Franciscans Hurl Their Rage at Parking Patrol ( classic urban scourge ? )

    01/06/2007 10:48:50 PM PST · by george76 · 41 replies · 1,600+ views
    new york times ^ | January 6, 2007 | JESSE McKINLEY
    It bears the hallmarks of a classic urban scourge: back-channel sales, assaults on enforcement officials and even death. It is the price of parking in San Francisco. Burdened with one of the densest downtowns in the country and a Californian love for moving vehicles, San Franciscans have been shocked in recent months by crimes related to finding places to park, including an attack in September in which a young man was killed trying to defend a spot he had found. More recently, the victims have been parking control officers — do not call them meter maids — who suffered four...