Give me liberty, and give me free parking!
Five were arrested and several injured when rich guys in an upscale section of Coyoacán attacked police officers sent to protect workers installing parking meters.
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The background of Mexican anti-clericalism and the "atheist" general who led the Catholic counter-revolution of the 1920s 128 pp., Editorial Mazatlán, 2012.
An oral history of the World War II experiences of Gilberto Bosques (1894 – 1997), Mexico 's Consul General in Marseilles, France, who saved tens of thousands from the Nazis. 36 pp. Editorial Mazatlán, 2007 $35 MXP (click the image)
I felt a little like that a couple of years ago when parking meter people came around and put dots of red paint everywhere they intended to plant a meter, including right outside our house. I was glad it didn’t happen, but then I wasn’t really expecting it to, either. Not worth getting arrested for, for sure.
If the middle class and the poor have to pay for parking, then should the rich. Too bad meters cannot tell the relative wealth of the individual who is parking. The rich should insert mas centavos for the same length of time the meter is set for those of less economic means……….