Parking regulations all about the money

A few thoughts on Myrtle Beach parking:

-- I was saddened as I drove down Ocean Boulevard at noon on March 28. There were only one or two (maybe none) cars parked on street ends from 67th Avenue heading south on a beautiful, mild spring day in Myrtle Beach.

-- I spoke briefly about the charge for parking concept and scope at a City Council meeting, to no avail, of course, because someone probably is making money for owning the parking franchise, or parking "monopoly"?

-- The street ends and local rights-of-way are public domain. The smothering of public parking by fees and regulations are very harmful and discouraging to us who would walk the beach much more regularly.

-- With Summer arriving soon, it seems the north end city parking laws and regulations are moronic. Why on Earth would the city impose such fees against the public interest?

-- Why impose such fees into nearly all roads and streets rights-of-way?

-- The parking fees and regulations are far too broadly applied.

I hope others see fit to register their displeasure at this subtle form of beach access exclusion or, at least, beach access discouragement.

This story was originally published April 11, 2017 at 10:47 AM with the headline "Parking regulations all about the money."