Parking, rec center

To the editor:

Two things:

1. What if we only had to pay the downtown parking meters after regular business hours (with no time limit)? That might attract business to the shops during the day. Those of us going to bars and restaurants any other time probably wouldn’t mind parting with a couple of bucks for a good parking spot — if we can find one!

2. It seems absolutely ridiculous to me to even think about building a new recreation center on the west side of town when there is also talk of charging for use of the library and existing rec centers. I believe that could wait until the economy is better.