Here Comes Pam Zekman Again

UPDATE: As usual, Ms. Zekman comes through with some good reporting.

Here piece essentially explains that the city is on the hook financially to Chicago Parking Meters, LLC whenever metered street spaces get closed down for any reason for a day or longer. This could mean construction, street festivals, repaving, sewer work, whatever.

This fact is not really news to people familiar with the deal, critics of the lease or some city council members. 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack routinely beat the drums on this particular problem with the agreement.

But Zekman has come up with documents totally over $105,000 of givebacks for closed streets with meters. But expect this number to grow.

Read Zekman's piece "Lease Firm Gets Paid When Spaces Aren't Available," or see the video here.

CBS 2 investigator extraordinaire Pam Zekman is on the case with the parking meter lease deal tonight at 10 PM.

CBS 2 says, "2 Investigator Pam Zekman is digging deeper into the contract with the city's parking meter company, and guess what - the company gets paid by the city even if people can't park. How is that possible? Find out at 10."

Tantalizing. Guess what the pathetically obsessed Parking Ticket Geek will be doing at 10 PM?

Of course, watching CBS 2 News.