Reading Residents PO'd Over Paid Parking

Reading residents and business owners are mad over money, well at least spending it on things they didn't have to spend it on before.

Starting soon, visitors to downtown Reading will be forced to feed the meter.

City Council recently approved a deal that will require parking meters be paid until at least 8 p.m., even later on some nights. That's a significant chunk of change coming out of the pockets of residents, considering that meters stop at 6 p.m. now.

But those paying the meters aren't the only ones mad (or worried) about the change.

Local business owners fear that paid parking may discourage patrons from coming out, which will only cut into profits.