Stop OAKLAND PARKING EXPLOITATION and GO GREEN 

After being duly Elected by Oakland Residents, Mayor Ron Dellums' first "thank you" was to create zones around EVERY BART AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION hub restricting Parking to 2 Hours.

This does not differ with the EXTORTIVE practices of Parking Revenue Experts in most cities. However, Oakland, being made up primarily of lower and middle income families and workers, simply was not tapping it's citizens for the megabucks other cities had been garnering. So under Mr. Dellums' administration Parking has become an exploitive tool to harvest the money simple ( and approved and Legal ) Taxes were not generating.

CONSEQUENCE:  Businesses dependent on ethical transportation; I.E. Public transportation and walking; are being penalized and restricted from doing business, travel or visiting outside of Oakland unless an Automobile is used.

Additionally, to commute to SF, not only the Greenhouse Gasses of Driving, but paying out $30-40 to Park for the day REDUCES FROM MY SPENDING IN LOCAL OAKLAND BUSINESSES BY THAT DIRECT AMOUNT.  My neighboring businesses are loosing my dollars in other words to SF Parking Lots.

This is NOT conducive to the support of Public Transportation, Ethical Commuting; is ANYTHING BUT "GREEN" and is ultimately an all out assault on the Working Lower and Middle class for the benefit of extravagant City of Oakland Spending.

Please change all Parking next to Bart and AC Transit areas to reflect the working Class' need to "park and ride".  We need 8 Hour meters with RESONABLE rates Please, Sir. That will be a fine Thank You to the people who voted you into office and a Fine Way to celebrate "Earth Day".