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Readers Talk
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The North Texas Daily
Page 3
Friday, October 28, 1988
C/n’e/ explains parking policies
While this department does not nor-
mally respond publicly to letters in The
NT Daily, I would like to respond to
the Oct. 21 letter from Melisa Adams.
In her letter, Adams complained of the
parking problems in residence hall lots
and made several statements that were
apparently based on misunderstandings
or simply a lack of knowledge.
As the department has stated many
times in the past, the parking system
as it exists at NT is the result of the
state legislature’s decision not to fund
parking. Parking must be a self-sup-
porting activity or must be supported
out of student service fees.
NT decided to make parking a user
fee-based system, instead of asking all
students to subsidize parking. That is
why parking costs $40 annually for
students in residence hall lots. While
this may seem high to someone who
has never paid for parking in the past,
it is a relatively average rate for parking
at state-supported institutions of this size.
Additionally, contrary to Adams’
belief, every residence hall permit holder
is guaranteed a place to park. Residence
lots are not over sold and space is always
available. This is not the case at some
other institutions.
The problem, of course, is there arc
not enough convenient spaces. The
system is set up on a first-come, first-
served basis in all student lots, and that
does mean a resident student that comes
back to the hall after certain hours will
find all convenient parking taken. This
is unfortunate, but the simple truth is
the campus was designed at a time when
the majority of residence hall students
didn’t bring cars to campus, and there
is simply no new land available for
parking in these areas.
S. Eric
Jackson
Recognizing this problem, the police
department offers the escort service to
female students who return to the cam-
pus after dark and can’t find a place to
park near a hall or who must go to a
car after dark that is parked in a remote
lot.
The alternative to this sort of arrange-
ment given the current resources of the
parking system is to sell residence hall
permits by lots. This means many people
would never have a chance to park near
their hall. Once all the spaces were sold
in a particular lot the remaining students
would have to park at remote locations
or off-campus. With the current system,
Adams and others have the opportunity
for a convenient space, if they can plan
their activities a little.
Finally the question of parking cita-
tions. No one denies parking citations
bring in badly needed revenue. How-
ever, at NT, fine revenues are less than
a third of the total parking budget. At
other institutions such as UT-Austin,
fines make up 50 percent or more of
the budget.
The primary purposes of citations are
control and education. If citations aren’t
issued, especially in residence hall lots,
the lots quickly become congested and
hazardous. No parking zones arc assigned
for specific reasons, not at the whim
of the department.
The other bit of misunderstanding
concerns who issues citations. The major-
ity of parking tickets issued at NT are
issued by public service officers. Police
officers write very few parking tickets
at this time. They are too busy answer-
ing calls for service and handling crim-
inal matters. A few years ago, police
officers would write 50 to 100 tickets
a day. By using PSO’s for this purpose,
police officers may not have to write
that many parking tickets in a month.
Parking enforcement is still a valid
function for police officers, and at night
this activity provides extra protection
to the residence hall lots as well, but it
is not a primary function of police
officers at NT.
Let me close with a plug for the
department’s community relations pro-
gram. If Adams would like more infor-
mation on parking or other police mat-
ters, the department will gladly respond
to individuals or groups that have ques-
tions or concerns about any police-related
matters. Anyone wishing information
about scheduling an officer or other
police official to speak to a group or
anyone simply wanting to ask a ques-
tion may call the police department at
565-3000 or the parking office at
565-3020.
S. Eric Jackson is NT's chief of
police.
Facts favor Democrats
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL re-
sponsible voters, and as responsible
voters we should weigh the facts before
making a lational decision on Nov. 8,
just a few facts about the last eight
years:
On Reaganomics: Since 1979, the
number of people living at or below
the poverty level has increased by 6.3
million The budget deficit in 1980 was
73.8 billion dollars, by 1986 it was
230 billion. Of the 11 million new jobs
created from 1980 to 1985, 60 percent
paid less than $7,000 a year. According
to the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 17,
1987, “The poverty rate, at 13.6
percent of the population, remains
higher than it was during the Carter,
Ford and Nixon administrations.” One
out of every five American children
lives below the poverty level. Three
million Americans are now homeless,
a 100 percent increase in the last five
years.
in summary, after seven years of
Republican administration, the United
States has dropped from the world’s
largest creditior (in 1981 the world
owed us 120 billion dollars) to the
largest debtor nation (today we owe the
world over 260 billion dollars).
Fellow students, while it may be
argued that voting only creates the
illusion of power, we nevertheless owe
it to ourselves to make a conscious,
intelligent decision when marking our
ballots. Then again, we could just vote
the way daddy votes.
Tommy Roden
Aledo senior
Last call for
ballot banter
As the Nov. 8 election swiftly
approaches, so does the last chance
for letters to the editor regarding the
1988 vote. Next Friday's
commentary section will be devoted
to candidates, endorsements and
reader recommendations of national,
state and local races.
Due to space limitations. The
Daily cannot guarantee that letters
will be published. Letters should be
mailed to Box 5278, NT Station,
Denton, Texas 76203, or taken to
The Daily newsroom in General
Academic Building 117. For more
information, contact the Daily
editorial offices at 565-3573
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