Open letter to Mayor and Council:
Re: "Laneway parking coming for employees in Steveston"
I wish to voice my total opposition and disappointment in the mayor and council in passing a recent bylaw, which allows employees in Steveston to park in the lanes for $57 per month.
This bylaw is outrageous. Think about it.
Most of the employees in Richmond are working at minimum wages and to enforce them to pay the city an additional $700 annually for a right to park in the lane is a tax grab, taking it from employees who can least afford it.
In Vancouver, where I reside, are residential parking permits in parts of the city. The annual residential parking permit is $40 per year, not the $700 that you and the council have passed.
Give your head a shake and think about the welfare of the dedicated employees in Steveston who live on minimum wage, faced with the additional increased burden to find parking at $700 per year.
Shame on you and the rest of council who passed this motion. This bylaw should be rescinded immediately.
Frank Nakashima
President, Pacific Net & Twine Ltd.
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