SaxInTheCity's Blog

This is a follow-up report to the one we first put together on the sticky subject of Chicago vehicle stickers and parking permits. It seems the city clerk, Miguel del Valle, is determined to make the annual process of obtaining these necessities far easier than they've ever been before. Here's what I wrote in my blog LAST MAY:

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One of the many great things about being a reporter is that you can look into situations that personally annoy you. And then you can share your findings with hundreds of thousands of people (if you work at FOX News Chicago)!

For years I've found the city sticker/permit parking renewal process to be a mindboggling, inconvenient, unbearable and just plain archaic system.

I just don't understand why:

a) there are only three places in the ENTIRE city that sell BOTH stickers and permits

b) if renewing by mail, you have to wait to get a city sticker BEFORE you can get your permit

c) you can only buy the sticker on-line, but not the permit

CRAZY!

SO, I called up City Clerk Miguel Del Valle and arranged an interview. And guess what! Del Valle (who just took office earlier this year) agrees with me! 

(You can watch the previous story I did on the subject if you go to my blog entries archived in June 2007--see the link above in the upper right hand corner to get there.)

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OK, so that was then and this is NOW (watch the story below--it aired on 5/23/08):