Public safety? How does the city collecting a $250 fee from each valet company & then another $50 annual permit make us safer? IT DOESN'T. All it does is put money in the city's pocket. Why are we all lulled into saying "thank you" for keeping us "safe" when in reality the City is just getting their hands into yet another pocket. How ridiculous our City leaders are. Shame on us for allowing it.

Thank god the city of raleigh solved this issue. quite honestly I was tossing and turning all night. With that solved, continue to figure out ways to run the city at a higher and higher cost to all the hard working taxpayers of the city!

but how can thechosen few impress their brothers with the new BMW

The comments about lazy people using valet parking is correct. There are six city owned parking decks downtown that you can park in for free after 7pm and all day on the weekends. Why pay for valet parking when you only have to walk a couple of blocks and do it for free. As for thomas 42, why do you want downtown to be like it was before? There is now life after 5pm in downtown Raleigh.

One of the biggest problems I've seen in other citys with valet parking is that the parking lots of the establishments usually become valet parking only. If you want to patronize the establishment you have to park a good ways away. This is usually the case with the nicer resturants and shopping malls. A good idea would be for those with VALID handicap stickers be given free access to these areas. I for one just dont visit these establishments.