I hope that this coverage results in some immediate upgrades on those throw away meters and I hope DC Department of Transportation rethinks Saturday meters. As one commenter on my post put it -- "there are only 3 businesses open on that section of MLK on a Saturday." There is plenty of street parking on the weekend in Anacostia, it's absurd to now require payment for it.

My prediction: Those who work and visit the Anacostia Business District will now park their cars in the residential neighborhood right off main street (I will be doing the same today). Expect complaints from Anacostia homeowners in 5...4...3...

Go HERE to read the full post by Idochi Ibe.

Excerpt:

Another Ward’s Garbage is Still Garbage: The city has put in used parking meters on Martin Luther King Jr, Ave in Anacostia's Business District, according to  Congress Heights on the Rise . Pictures of the “new” meters do not show the shiny new ones you may see in Georgetown, but possibly those taken from the garbage heap. The blog cites the meters ID numbers as proof that they are coming from another Ward in DC. Residents already feel slighted being “across the river” and this did not make readers feel any more welcome in the D.C. community.