Parking Meter Thefts
Parking meter thefts are up (Aug. 31), and the Los Angeles Transportation Department hopes to solve the problem by eliminating parking spaces in the affected areas. What a typically bureaucratic solution: Punish those who have done no wrong. It’s simply one more instance of the public-be-damned attitude so typical in government today.
MICHAEL LAWLER
Los Angeles
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