Chicago's Parking Meter Deal A 'Sucessful Fiasco'

Former Indianapolis Mayor Steven Goldsmith weighs in with his thoughts on Chicago's parking meter lease deal in a piece for the ultra-wonky Governing Magazine.

Goldsmith basically feels the deal should have been a no-brainer. In his opinion the money was good, and he supports the concept of privatization. But, because of mistakes of implementation, there's been a political backlash and, according to Goldsmith, was a "cause célèbre for opponents of privatization nationwide."

His opinion piece basically rehashes the deal and the main implementation problems over the past year, but he fails to address how the Mayor jammed the deal down Chicago's throat like force feeding a duck for the purposes of producing delicious foie gras.

Read Goldsmith's full piece "Successful 'Fiasco': Chicago's Parking Meter Mishap."

Hat tip to MW, and also Lynn Stevens who writes the Peopling Places blog.