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"That the state of California and the city of Los Angeles is in financial ruin is no secret. Today I got a taste of how bad things were when I travelled to downtown for a breakfast meeting. The city of Los Angeles has imposed new street parking fees, and was it ever expensive! They&amp;#039;re asking for $3 per hour, meaning 25 cents for 5 minutes. Let&amp;#039;s see, that means I would be paying the equivalent of the price of my test Nissan Rogue if I left the car there for eight months. It would cost more than $2000 for every month, more than 20 times monthly lease payments for the car. Another problem: I didn&amp;#039;t nearly have enough quarters for only one hour. Well, it seems the city is taking care of that concern by installing pay machines that take credit cards. Mighty thoughtful of them. Related posts:  Smart Parking in Budapest  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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