From city council members to residents to tourists, PARKatlanta is certainly not short on detractors.
Now, the private company, which is contracted to provide parking enforcement for the city of Atlanta, can add another group the list: Anarchists.
A self-described anarchist group with “a profound hatred of the privatized parking enforcement in Atlanta” hit a string of parking meters along Edgewood Avenue Sunday, rendering 45 of them inoperable along a stretch of the road that spans from the Sweet Auburn district to Downtown.
The group used industrial epoxy to prevent motorists from putting money into the meters’ coin slots.
It said the act is to show solidarity with fellow anarchists in Portland, Ore. and Seattle and Olympia, Wash. in the wake of a reported grand jury investigation in Seattle.
The Seattle Times reported the grand jury is looking into May Day-related vandalism in the
Article source: http://eastatlanta.patch.com/articles/anarchist-group-hits-edgewood-parking-meters
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