GET THE PARKING METERS OUT OF NOB HILL!

NOB HILL--I have been trying for years to get the parking meters out of the Nob Hill neighborhood. They have SO many bad features:

1. It is a tax on Nob Hill residents that no other neighborhood has to pay. You have to pay to park and shop here locally, but not at shopping centers or even strip malls.
2. Everyone is a scoflaw when it comes to parking meters. Is this a good thing to encourage? You should see denizens of the Flying Star run out with coins in their hands when the meter enforcer comes down the street.
3. Meters lead to people parking on side streets in front of residences. This adds to congestion and vehicular confusion where we want it least: at our homes.
4. The money collected in the Nob Hill meters doesn't even stay here. Who knows where it goes.
5. We don't need the meters to control parking. This neighborhood works just fine evenings, Saturdays (When everyone disregards the meters because nobody checks them), and Sundays.

Now let's look at the arguments FOR parking meters here:

1. It's a good place to lock your bike. Well, that was my best argument until this morning, when I realized that my new lock--a cable lock--was virtually useless on a parking meter. They only work real good with "U" locks.
2. It looks "Big City." Give me a break.

There you have it...arguments pro and con. Send city hall a message. We're fed up with people taking advantage of us.