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MILWAUKEE 鈥?A proposal to extend the hours that you d have to feed the meter to park in downtown Milwaukee is on hold, for now.After some debate Thursday morning, the item was put on file.The proposal was to extend paid parking hours for meters in the central business district from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Alderman Bob Bauman authored the proposal and asked to rescind it. He believes key stakeholders were not given enough notice, and it could negatively impact people who live in the area.There are more than 6,000 parking meters citywide, 4,000 just in the downtown area. While we have the street parking in its abundance, the city should be getting its money s worth, Charlie Megenity said of the potential of having to feed the meter on Saturdays.Megenity lives and works in downtown Milwaukee and believes extending metered parking is important for the city. Free parking is a subsidy and the money that s made isn t necessarily covering the cost of
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