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Sir,

I want to make clear that the Buena Vista parking lot in Davis Square is an obvious scam operation that the Mayor must be complicit in. The parking meters have been removed and there is no instructions on where or how to pay for parking, if a citizen or visitor to the city is not lucky enough to notice the parking kiosks and realize what they are, then they are entrapped into getting a $30.00 parking ticket for going to see the doctor and thinking they now pay or get validated inside the building.

I have sent a letter to both Somerville newspapers detailing this sleazy attempt to raise revenue, it is not going unnoticed. The Mayor and all complicit in this embarrassment should be ashamed of themselves and will someday have to answer to a higher power for the theft of money from innocent people. Shame on the Mayor and shame on you for allowing this. Somerville was a nice city as I grew up in the area, to bad you have decided to put revenue above the people.

Regards

Ron MacDonald