Robin Hood Anniversary

[TackleTheWorld]

Hip Hip Hoorah to Robin Hood's parking meter rescues!
Let it be known that in the course of one year the outlaw Robin Hood has deposited $54 in expired meters, denying approximately $1350 to the crown, and allowing about 270 people to relax and smile.
He also accepted $273 in donations, and spent $248 on expenses.  That means $25 for the Merry Men!   See me for your cut or post here how you would like it spent!

A hearty thanks to all the Fine Outlaws and Benefactors who helped make downtown Keene a happier place.

[FTL_Ian]

Heroic!  blog'd: http://freekeene.com/2010/02/06/keenes-robin-hood-rescues-270-people-in-first-year/

[FTL_Ian]

I've also sent out a news release to local media.

[Puke]

Huzzah!

[tremendoustie]

Awesome!!! I'm just curious, what are expenses?

[Facilitator]

Things that money is spent on.   

To further adventure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Coconut]

Did they declare that income on the year's tax form? I sure wouldn't want Robin Hood to skirt the law. Oh, wait...

[Sam A. Robrin]

Here's one I didn't write:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMDunJc5KUQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMDunJc5KUQ</a>

Here's one I did . . .:

PUBLIC METER FEEDER RAID (“Lovely Rita”)  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuK9mwgX1Y4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuK9mwgX1Y4</a>
COPYRIGHT 2009 by Sam A. Robrin or whoever the hell it is who writes these things. Go ahead and use it (Hey, I lifted the melody!), but if you make a little money on it, I want some!

Public Meter Feeder Raid
Public Meter Feeder Raid
Public Meter Feeder Raid
   Drop in those dimes
   Extending times
      To park.

Browsing through the FreeKeene Forum
When I saw a post from Lauren
   Posing an idea for a Robin Hood team:
Save your pocket change and stick it
In the slots--prevent a ticket,
   And the city loses on its revenue stream.
       [Wah-wah-wah-wah]

Public Meter Feeder Raid--
Making the shoppers happy.
   Send, if you please,
   SASEs
      With fees.

Looky there!--a meter's blinking.
Hear the sound of quarters clinking.
   One more shopper saved from that ferschlugginer bill!
Jackboot Jill is none too happy.
Overtake her--make it snappy!
   Too bad if the city has coffers to fill . . .

Public Meter Feeder Raid--
Courtesy of Free Staters.
   Beating those fines,
   You've Porcupines
      To thank . . .

[Fade out to sounds of meters ka-chinking . . .]

[TackleTheWorld]

Thanks for the publicity, Ian!

Expenses were coins for meters, envelopes, printer toner, stamps, and hiring the minstrel to follow along singing.

[tremendoustie]

Thanks for the publicity, Ian!

Expenses were coins for meters, envelopes, printer toner, stamps, and hiring the minstrel to follow along singing.

Lol . Well, great job.

[widespreadpanic]

While it is a good and noble thing to starve the government of revenue, parking meters serve a valuable purpose.  A free society, if it wishes to be efficient, would most definitely have them or a similar concept. 

[Pat K]

 

[Mike Barskey]

Congratulations and thanks, Robin Hood! I hope the $25 goes toward more robbing of the rich and giving to the poor (i.e., preventing the govt from demanding parking fines and allowing the public to park on public property without paying the govt.)

While it is a good and noble thing to starve the government of revenue, parking meters serve a valuable purpose.  A free society, if it wishes to be efficient, would most definitely have them or a similar concept. 

The only way a free society can be efficient is to have parking meters? Also, in a free society, would business owners who do not want parking meters be forced to have them?

[Capuzzo]

Happy Anniversary Robin Hood! 

[FTL_Ian]

While it is a good and noble thing to starve the government of revenue, parking meters serve a valuable purpose.  A free society, if it wishes to be efficient, would most definitely have them or a similar concept. 

Poppycock.  If that's true, then show me where parking meters exist in non-government lots.  Private for-pay parking garages don't count - as those likely exist because of poor government city planning and zoning restrictions.  In a true free market business would always lean towards not nickle-and-diming their customers, otherwise they'll go elsewhere.  Pay-parking only makes sense in low-space availability which is more likely in government controlled areas where business isn't able to expand and build as it might prefer absent all the govt restrictions.