La mairie de Paris vous souhaite un très joyeux Noël

(The Paris city hall wishes you a merry MERRY Christmas)

What a wonderful surprise to drive back to Paris on the day after Christmas to discover dozens of workers getting rid of the last free parking places!

I don't know how it happens in big cities abroad, but here in Paris, when you want to park your car in the streets, you've to pay for it 70% of the time.
Fortunatly, there were still many "free streets" where you could simply park your car, without paying anything.

But we all decided having a new mayor would make of Paris a paradise (well, that's me being naive, you know?). And we thought that this new gang of environment's defensors would make our city more welcoming, more human.

Hell no, in France, the "Green" (les verts), the political party of the environment defenders', never act as we expect.
You expect from them what, cleaner streets, parks where you can walk on grass, good water, cheaper access to public transport, etc etc.

The only thing we will remember for the green Denis Baupin is that he's trying to make money on the back of car drivers, which is such a great way to make his party popular. How do you want to convince people you do the right thing when you act against them, to make money.

You just can't say cars are bad and we will make them pay for what they are. It is so so stupid.

grrrmppphhhhhh

Well, yess I have a car, yess I feel concerned, and no I don't have money for them :(