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Tomorrow: Town hall meeting about PPA
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Tomorrow: Town hall meeting about PPA
Feel like the Philadelphia Parking Authority is a patronage-stuffed joke? There's a town hall meeting just for you, tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Berean Institute (19th Street and Girard Avenue). Check the press release:
Do you have problems with the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA)? Do you feel its policies are unjust? If so, you may want to participate in a citywide Town Hall Meeting that will discuss the agency and its policies. Sponsored by community activist Lawrence Clark and the People's Choice Movement Coalition, a group of concerned citizens, the meeting will be held Saturday, October 16 from 11:00AM to 1:00PM at Berean Institute, 19th & Girard Avenue.
People who feel they have been treated unfairly will have a chance to air their grievances through testimony that will be used to document the authority's alleged misdeeds. Each person testifying will have three (3) minutes and must provide written testimony. Those who don't get to testify due to time constraints can also provide written testimony to be included in the documentation. Legal counsel will be on hand to discuss Act 22, the law that turned control of the agency over to state. A representative from the PPA has also been invited to participate.
Clark and the group expressed their extreme displeasure with the policies of the PPA at a protest demonstration in front of the agency's Filbert Street office in March and called for an investigation into the practices of the agency.They are also calling for a 60-Day Moratorium that would allow individuals to establish financial hardship, halt the auction of vehicles and impose a freeze on hiring and the awarding of contracts.
âWe feel that the Philadelphia Parking Authority has become unjust, revenue driven and a political bureaucracy,â explained Clark. âThe PPA is like an out of control beast has been buffaloing drivers in the city. There is no compassion in its policies, especially during these hard economic times. These policies are in fact, driving people away from business districts in the city. Why should people shop here when they can go to suburban malls and not worry about getting ticketed or towed? It gives the city a negative image. Look at how the city is portrayed in the TV show âParking Wars.â PPA enforcement personnel are like vultures waiting to swoop on unsuspecting prey!â
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