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Lorne Gunter: Councillor's push for street parking permit punishes residents

Tens of thousands of Edmontonians now live in neighbourhoods which, by the city’s own design, have no driveways or alleys. Parking on the street is their only option

There’s a hilarious episode of the 1980s British sitcom “Yes Minister,” in which Jim Hacker, the minister in the title, sets off to give a hospital an award for being the most efficient hospital in Britain. On the way to the ceremony, Hacker learns the facility is running at 100 per cent efficiency because, while it employs 500 administrators, it has no patients.

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