When Sarasota rescinded its extended parking hours at a fiery meeting last week, Vice Mayor Kathy Kelley Ohlrich reiterated her desire that the city’s parking division be able to sustain itself.
As an enterprise fund, the parking division is supposed to cover its own bills and payroll with fees and fares rather than rely on the city’s general fund. This point has been emphasized again and again at city commission meetings.
“I don’t think a grandma, who lives 10 miles away, right on the city border, who doesn’t even have a car, should be taxed for parking,” Ohlrich said…