How to get fleeced in Des Moines
Two years ago I moved to Johnston from Irving, Texas. I found a great blues club in downtown Des Moines, Blues on Grand, and I attend a minimum of two shows a month.
Two weekends ago, I met up with friends in the Court Avenue District to have dinner before a show. After the show, myself and many others were rewarded with $30 parking tickets for parking on Grand Avenue after 10 p.m.
Moral of the story: Des Moines wants you to spend your entertaining dollars downtown and then reward you for your patronage with a parking ticket. Fool me once…
Gary Jensen
Johnston
Parking tickets shouldn’t pay for sculpture garden
Des Moines’ newest sensation, The Pappajohn Sculpture Garden, is a wonderful place to visit. The park stays open until midnight; however, if you park anywhere near the park after 10 p.m., Des Moines’ finest will issue you a ticket. Is this how Des Moines is going to pay for the park?
Robert Lee
Ankeny
Does he have a hairy back?
Civic Skinny gave a below the belt bum steer with regard to Waukee’s incumbent mayor Bill Peard (“Civic Skinny,” Oct. 22). A Waukee “insider” spewed racialist sputum describing Mayor Bill as an “old, fat white guy,” implying his opponent, Isaiah McGee, is a Obama-esque cool black guy. The Waukee “insider,” extending on and winking at the supposed physicality of the Mayor also opined: “Peard is sweating, more than usual.” Nothing was said about either candidate’s political views. What about candidate McGee’s physicality? Does he have a hairy back? Is his bellybutton a clump of dirty lint?
Gary Wilson
Des Moines
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