Denver, CO – At least we think it’s good news. If you’ve ever gone to downtown Denver to park, it can be a real pain. Between the scooters and cyclists sneaking into your parking space in your blind-spot, bike lanes replacing parking spaces, and signage that you need a law degree to decipher; parking in Denver can be a nightmare.
Plus, in the past, revenue for Denver via parking and violations was a cash-cow. Most meters allow two-hour parking before you must move your vehicle more than 100 feet. Two hours isn’t much time if you have a business meeting downtown unless you want to pay $15 to park for three hours in a paid lot. The bottom line is, parking and enforcement in Denver affect their financial bottom line.
Well, enforcement is down due to one reason – a labor shortage. Denver can’t hire or retain their employees. Now, we don’t totally believe the retention isn’t a culture problem (meaning the workplace culture stinks, and they have bad managers). Who would want to work for that government? Especially if you’re being forced to work the night shift to ticket people after 2 am who try to park overnight?
Here is an excerpt from the Denver Post article (behind a paywall, sorry!):
Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, September 15, 2019
We always believe a lot of enforcement by the government is more often about revenue vs. public safety. Clearly, $27 million (the lowest in a decade) is a large haul. Plus it goes into the General Fund (AKA the slush fund) for Denver City Government.
We opined in an article last week about how Denver Government is trying to force businesses and residents out with new taxes and regulations. So, why would you want to go do something in Denver, and contribute to their slush fund by getting a parking ticket? Commie Candi will happily steal your money!
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One time around 20 years ago I tried to stay at a friends house overnight, and then thought it would be cool to conveniently walk to work to save on gas and such. By the time I got back to where my car was parked, I had 5 tickets all at once, totaling around 800 dollars. In one single day, less than 24 hour period. I barely made it out of there as someone rolled up to boot my car. Denver did a great job at enforcing unreasonable parking rules, and they’ve done an even better job assuring I’ll never recreate, shop, or go to events in Denver on purpose. Do they still speak English down there? We would not know. I drove through Denver on Speer a few years ago. Literally a person with a sign on every single street corner. Not a safe place to be or to bring your children.