The Geek is an idiot, who gets a lot of parking tickets, and knows how to fight back.
Even with all the feel good hullabaloo surrounding Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid, I'm a bit surprised.
But it seems that a lot of the national coverage of Chicago's Olympic bid can't help but mention our fair city's ongoing problems with the parking meters.
It's not too much of a stretch for the local media to mention it, but for the likes of the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg to discuss our parking meter issues as if it was common knowledge nationally.
Bloomberg's piece focused on our parking meter situation claiming in the headline "Chicago Olympics Bid Bruised by Failure to Watch Parking Meters."
Bloomberg's piece ostensibly contends Chicago's parking meter privatization deal may help torpedo Chicago's Olympic dreams.
I mean, if you our city can't handle a huge project like privatizing one of largest parking meter systems in the country, how can you handle something the size and scope of the Olympic games?
Years ago when traveling if you mentioned you were from Chicago, inevitably Al Capone's name would jump from their mouths. Thankfully, in the '90's, the iconic Michael Jordan supplanted Scarface as our most recognized citizen. With Jordan living a relatively quiet life of retirement, perhaps Oprah is now the Windy City's #1 most recognized symbol.
Is it possible now, that when you're out of town and mention where you're from that people will now say, "Oh yeah, parking meters, right?"
Go Rio!
Graphic courtesy of the Chicago Scooter Club
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