A parking lot attendant's lot is not an unhappy one (with apologies to William Schwenck Gilbert).
Parking choices in Key West are numerous yet people insist on complaining about the difficulties. Granted for residents who live without off street parking and then expect to be able to park in front of their homes with no problems, life can be a little harassing. However if a parking lot is out of the question, around ten whole dollars a day, you could feed coins into a meter to the tune of one Euro per hour, or a dollar fifty in old money. I like to swipe my credit card and keep the ticket on the dash for use at however many meters I use until the ticket expires. What could be simpler?
Look for the big blue sign and the small Tardis underneath it and there you are. The city's parking Tsar carefully studied the problems of parking in Old Town and came up with a plan that was going to change everything in favor of a decal program to limit street parking. The city commission took one quick look at their expert's opinion and threw the whole thing out with no discussion. The net result is residential spots are still reserved for Monroe County tags and people who buy annual decals. So much for hiring expert staff.
Riding a two wheeler into town could be a lot simpler as there is free parking all over the place. Don't park in spots reserved for bicycles and don't block motorcycle parking your car and all will be light, happiness and joy.
I saw this motorcycle paying to park apparently and I was forced to the conclusion that most likely a nearby employer had an agreement to let the workers park in a paid lot during the work day. Otherwise it makes no sense to pay to park.
One final tip is not to park as locals do. Just because someone else leaves their scooter on the sidewalk doesn't mean you won't get towed if you do the same. Private agreements with landlords and property owners don't necessarily extend to strangers. And in case you are wondering just because I work at the police department doesn't mean I get special privileges- only one person in the city is authorized to cancel parking tickets and his orders are fierce, so don't even ask.
Parking choices in Key West are numerous yet people insist on complaining about the difficulties. Granted for residents who live without off street parking and then expect to be able to park in front of their homes with no problems, life can be a little harassing. However if a parking lot is out of the question, around ten whole dollars a day, you could feed coins into a meter to the tune of one Euro per hour, or a dollar fifty in old money. I like to swipe my credit card and keep the ticket on the dash for use at however many meters I use until the ticket expires. What could be simpler?Look for the big blue sign and the small Tardis underneath it and there you are. The city's parking Tsar carefully studied the problems of parking in Old Town and came up with a plan that was going to change everything in favor of a decal program to limit street parking. The city commission took one quick look at their expert's opinion and threw the whole thing out with no discussion. The net result is residential spots are still reserved for Monroe County tags and people who buy annual decals. So much for hiring expert staff.Riding a two wheeler into town could be a lot simpler as there is free parking all over the place. Don't park in spots reserved for bicycles and don't block motorcycle parking your car and all will be light, happiness and joy.
I saw this motorcycle paying to park apparently and I was forced to the conclusion that most likely a nearby employer had an agreement to let the workers park in a paid lot during the work day. Otherwise it makes no sense to pay to park.One final tip is not to park as locals do. Just because someone else leaves their scooter on the sidewalk doesn't mean you won't get towed if you do the same. Private agreements with landlords and property owners don't necessarily extend to strangers. And in case you are wondering just because I work at the police department doesn't mean I get special privileges- only one person in the city is authorized to cancel parking tickets and his orders are fierce, so don't even ask. 
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So, was Cheyenne putting paw prints on the Transit Connect in the next-to-last photo?
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Scootin' Old Skool
I think it was a grooming service. And she doesn't much approve of grooming.
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