Parking Issue Solved!

Dr. Ulman Dr. Ulman…. Paging Dr. Ulman.  Hecker’s blog did the math, and saw a sick patient walk through the door. Dr. Ulman has the cure for our ills!

Hecker must be a math major. He pieced together the parking spaces provided in the Crecent project to handle concerts at Merriweather and came up a few shy. Even the great team at Howard Hughes occasionally makes a slip-up in the slide rule.  Luckily for us, Ulman is on the ball.  He rolled up his sleeves and put together a bill that would allow private paid parking garages on the Crecent site, so everyone will be able to come and go with ease. Although all of us want a shiny new pavilion, it would be useless without a place to park, so he is going to let Howard Hughes to take a raincheck on the concert-halting improvements so we will not have to circle the Mall for hours with the kids screaming if they miss the Justin Bieber concert, or they will just Diiiiiie.

There may be a small group of greenies that get all sentimental over a underutilized patch of dead grass hosting the occasional greasy food concession dripping motor oil or creepy holiday light show featuring herky-jerky gnomes rocking back and forth. The modern parking facilities will let more families experience more culture more often!  Just think how many vibrant, exciting amenities could be funded without having to use taxpayer dollars.

Howard County Hospital would be nothing but empty beds if we had Dr. Ulman on duty.. but alas, he will only be able to cure our problems for a short while. But don’t worry, he is going to leave us in good hands and he does surgery with the State’s budget.