Editing More foolish ideas from Breean Beggs: Do not Vote for him!
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Already Beggs has [temporarily] backed off from his proposed soda-pop tax, after pushback from Spokane's community of restaurants. After all, its election season! He doesn't want to risk losing votes, but he also hints that its still a proposal that might come back (he doesn't want to lose those votes either). He claims, in press interviews, that he wasn't really the 'Champion' of the idea, when in fact he was clearly that. Now he's busy trying to do damage control over one more of his foolish proposals, residential pay for parking in Peaceful Valley. If you look at the wording he uses in his quotes to the press you can discover a lot - especially it being instantly apparent he doesn't know what the hell he is doing. Interestingly, in effort to try to soften the outrage, he/the neighborhood Council and the City Council mention they should probably do a "survey" of residents before moving forward too quickly. uhh ... yeah, we've actually seen their masterful manipulations of - and downright bogus creation of - " survey" results in regards to the Monroe Project. Its also interesting that he appears always acutely in touch with whatever the most recent seattle-type young owner entrepreneurs are here in Spokane as they associate with City-promoted projects. Bellwether Brewing, Vessel Coffee, Urban Art Co-Op, 1889 Merchantile etc. on Monroe. In the article about Peaceful Valley parking its interesting that Beggs and the City Council seem to have already formed an alliance with Josh Flanagan, owner of rafting outfitter Wiley E. Waters that has been operating out of Peaceful Valley since 1994 - if clever wording in responses from and staging of 'interested business owners' is any indication. (In all the Monroe Project newspaper stories as well as this one on Peaceful Valley parking its interesting how the reporter seems to have been directed to interview certain business owners who almost sound scripted in their responses, as if they are trying too hard to sound neutral or fair or sympathetic and almost as if they are trying too hard to sound like they are not conspiring with the neighborhood council and City Council to stab residential neighbors and opposition voices in the back behind the scenes ... and as with the Monroe Project, this idea too hints at a 'trial period' or 'pilot project'). excerpts from newspaper article follow:. Pay-for-parking system on Peaceful Valley streets gets put on hold. UPDATED: Wed., June 14, 2017, 11:01 p.m. Residents of Peaceful Valley, a neighborhood popular with river enthusiasts who some accuse of monopolizing on-street parking, hit pause on a that could spread to other Spokane neighborhoods. The plan to charge about three dozen homeowners and their guests a $25 seasonal fee to park on three city blocks in the historic neighborhood beneath the Maple Street bridge got a mixed response from residents at a meeting Wednesday night. The neighborhood council decided to wait for the results of a resident survey before asking the Spokane City Council to weigh in on the proposal, which would be a first test of a pilot project that could target other areas of heavy on-street parking in town. " We're just trying to figure out what the best solution is for this neighborhood, and its values," said City Councilman Breean Beggs, who addressed a packed meeting room of about 30 residents at the Peaceful Valley Community Center on Wednesday. The plan would allow residents and their guests to buy permits to park on two city blocks in an area that grows congested between Memorial Day and Labor Day by floaters and rafters using the Spokane River. The permits would grant parking beyond a two-hour limit on those streets between the two summer holidays, after which parkers without permits would be subject to tickets and fines. Discussion of the plan began after neighborhood representatives approached the city to ask for help clearing stretches of Water Avenue and Ash Street, which have become filled in recent years by rafters and tubers who launch from an undeveloped area on the west edge of Water Avenue and don't return for several hours. Those residents who addressed Beggs and Heather Trautman, the city's director of neighborhood services and code enforcement, at Wednesday's meeting expressed outrage at the idea of paying to park on a public street, while acknowledging the need to address a scarcity problem that likely will only be made worse by planned improvements to the area. The city plans to begin construction later this year on improvements along the river that will include a new trail through Glover Field, under the Maple Street bridge, and a new boat launch, likely bringing even more traffic to the area. " Basically what's driving this, is we've had complaints of people coming home from the grocery store, or something, can't park in front of their own house," said Bill Forman, chairman of the Peaceful Valley Neighborhood Council, though he acknowledged he only experienced the problem a few weekends out of the year. Others in the audience said it was a more prevalent problem. Josh Flanagan, owner of rafting outfitter Wiley E. Waters that has been operating out of Peaceful Valley since 1994, said his company worked to make sure customer parking did not inconvenience residents by busing in larger groups. Flanagan said before the meeting the company would put plans in place to adhere to a permit system, if one is approved. " It's definitely not something we really love. We 'd love for that other parking area to be put in," Flanagan said, referring to planned parking that could be included in the Glover Field improvements. "I understand where the neighborhood's coming from.". Downtown residents already have access to a permit parking system, which costs $25 a month, less than it would cost to plug a parking meter every day of the week. The Peaceful Valley plan would charge that same amount for a three-month period. Parking enforcement crews would visit the site on two-hour intervals and note unpermitted cars, then return to see if they 'd moved. Those staying longer would be ticketed after a warning period. Trautman said such a system might make sense elsewhere in the city, including near the Spokane County courthouse campus. The idea has been floated to neighborhood representatives as one option to address congestion issues. " We want to be a partner in parking, and it's part of a larger assessment we're doing with all aspects of parking," Trautman said. Similar programs have worked in cities such as Portland and Seattle, Trautman said, where residential areas have become destinations. Beggs said the residential permit proposal might make sense in the South Perry District, or in areas near Audobon Park where restaurants such as the Flying Goat and Downriver Grill are neighbors to single-family homes, but only if residents there asked for it. Responding to a question from a resident about whether there would be fee exemptions for low-income residents, Beggs said that hadn't been decided yet. " The short answer is, potentially, yeah," Beggs said. "None of this is baked.". " Before we went to council, I said, I know there's going to be some feelings about this," he added. The Spokane City Council had been scheduled to vote on a resolution Monday that would create the permitting system for two years in Peaceful Valley. Beggs said he 'd withdraw the proposal until after city staff have time to ask residents of the affected blocks if they 'd be in favor of the permits. [in other words, he intends to keep the proposal alive and sneak it through another time] http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/14/pay-for-parking-system-on-peaceful-valley-streets-/. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_MiaHDqYdg5SehmF_5Pxw
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