IT'S 12:37 P.M. TUESDAY: DID THE NEW KIOSK REJECT YOUR DOLLAR AND YOU GOT A $10 PARKING TICKET?

(Ed.'s Note: ON Tuesday, we just happened to be downtown between 12th and 13th streets on Adams Street and the hoity-toity new parking kiosks refused to take our dollar and chewed it up and spit it out. Undaunted – and wanting to be good citizens and avoid paying the $10 citation violation fee, we begged some local businesses for quarters, which some graciously did (thank you Chris and Queren at the Jukebox Bar).

However, it is evident that these three motorists who parked and thought that since the machine didn't work, they would be exempt from a parking ticket. Think again. That's $30 in fines right there. Good for the city? Maybe in the short run. But, if we were them, we'd think twice about visiting downtown between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Or perhaps coming to downtown at all since other kiosks on Elizabeth Street also are frozen or won't take your bills at all. 

Oh, yeah. You can use your debit or credit cards, too. The kiosk will verify your registration, verify your past usage, and hopefully, they will never be hacked or you could run into identity theft problems. A pretty pickle, indeed!)