I knew it would come to this — Parking is rapidly becoming the most important thing in life, ranking right up there with water, oxygen, and the odd Big Mac.
A new store has opened in West Hollywood, California (Where else) and it is so popular that the neighbors are asking that the city council revoke its business license. That will never happen, the city wants the tax receipts. However after the city received a list of complaints and gave the store — a place that sells yogurt, I think — ways to resolve the problems, one final comment was made:
Former city council member Steve Martin said in his public comments
that, “I don’t care what they’re doing all over the world, I care about
what they do here. Everyone knows that parking in West Hollywood is like oxygen, and Pinkberry is sucking all the oxygen out of the atmosphere.”
Also, the LA times calls the place — "The taste that launched 1000 parking tickets." I’ve never eaten there, so I can’t say that it rivals Helen, however the locals seem to love it.
However, they need to deal with parking — as usual. Will they solve it? Who knows — My guess is that after the initial blush wears off, the problem will take care of itself.
In the mean time, I guess the city of West Hollywood has two extra sources of income, Pinkberry AND additional prarking tickets.
JVH
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