Those of you who live or shop or drink and then swerve home from Lakewood know well of the change that started taking shape with city parking meters a couple of years back. Disappearing were the “spin a free half-hour” meters of old, which allowed you to crank the handle and get a quick round of business done without dropping so much as a nickel in the slot.
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2012.

You know if you push the button, you get 15 minutes free. Any money you put in after that is added to your time. Also, parking meters in Lakewood are only enforces M-F, 8am-6pm.
Way to regurgitate a story off of the Lakewood Patch, add a few completely false statements, and use it to bash Lakewood.
Nice job!
Erich, please do a story on that new playground in Birdtown.
Non-shocking news of the day: Lakewood makes a boat-load of money on parking meters.