Ah, yes — home of the Navy Officer Corps, and some parking regulation, almost enlightened. As I see it, the city is raising the monthly parking charges off street downtown and the local merchants seem to be concerned that the parking costs will drive away business (well duh)…
The city, on the other hand, says that the garages are full, and the raise in price hasn’t affected demand. They still need to look at their onstreet rates — The price on street is $1 an hour but off street its $1.25. Of course you can get a monthly permit for considerably less than that, but still, on street parking could be much more convenient if it were priced at a premium over off street.
JVH