| Many Municipalities, which are trying to comply with | | | | this will be a hardship on those small businesses. Bad |
| the EPA mandated NPDES Permitting are looking at | | | | move. |
| ways to clean the storm water and some are | | | | Next if you charge this to large retailers they will |
| attempting to past these costs onto the private | | | | make it up in higher costs to consumers? Oh |
| parking lot owners. Yet I would advise they not do | | | | wonderful thanks a lot Mr. Bureaucrat. In Milwaukee |
| this for several reasons. | | | | they want to assess each parking lot owner a fee of |
| Number one if you charge a parking lot owner fees | | | | $50.00 per quarter for ever 10,000 square feet? Also |
| for storm water compliance then you are not getting | | | | they wish to charge smaller businesses with a one |
| them to do anything about the run-off and thus not | | | | acre parking lot $800.00 per year. |
| solving the problem, bad move. Instead you are | | | | This is crazy non-sense and if it is a parking company |
| taking their monies to fund the storm water | | | | imagine the fees and they will go right on and charge |
| department; oh great that is what we need more | | | | higher fees to those who park there and you again |
| government and bureaucracy? | | | | hurt the consumer as they are already paying too |
| Now then if you charge the parking lot owners huge | | | | much in gasoline to get to the parking lot in the first |
| fees then they will end up charging more money in | | | | place. Bad move, bad idea and typical linear thinking |
| the Triple Net leases to small business owners and | | | | politicians. This is nuts. Consider this in 2006. |