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Remember how the entire city of Somerville freaked out over the city's new parking rules, and Our Favorite Mayor told them to chill out? Well, chill out they will not because the new parking regulations are a done deal. The Somerville Journal found one woman who claimed that she couldn't get anybody to split the cost of her artist's studio "because prospective renters are scared off by the city's fees and parking rules." Seriously? Are prospective renters streaming over to the straightforward and always fair parking situations in Boston and Cambridge, where nobody has ever gotten a parking ticket? more ›

Mayor Joe reminds us that "we don't have the big open lots and empty curbs associated with suburban sprawl. Parking is a scarce and valuable resource here, and we need to treat it that way." He didn't answer Bostonist's question of why the heck anybody would drive to Davis Square instead of taking the T in the first place, but he did tell people to stop whining about having to pay to park there: more ›