Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, while claiming to have continued confidence in the man, has replaced the aide who engineered the city's controversial parking meter lease deal.
Daley heaped praise on Paul Volpe as he announced Thursday that he was ushering him out the door. However, Daley acknowledged both he and Volpe share blame for the parking meter snafu.
The 75-year deal that privatized Chicago's 36,000 parking meters has caused consternation among Chicago motorists.
Privatizing the meters have come with rate increases requiring motorists to carry dozens of quarters, in addition to broken and frozen pay-and-display boxes and improperly calibrated meters.
Daley replaced Volpe with Raymond Orozco, who heads the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications and a former fire commissioner. He will assume the new post next month.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Daley heaped praise on Paul Volpe as he announced Thursday that he was ushering him out the door. However, Daley acknowledged both he and Volpe share blame for the parking meter snafu.
The 75-year deal that privatized Chicago's 36,000 parking meters has caused consternation among Chicago motorists.
Privatizing the meters have come with rate increases requiring motorists to carry dozens of quarters, in addition to broken and frozen pay-and-display boxes and improperly calibrated meters.
Daley replaced Volpe with Raymond Orozco, who heads the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications and a former fire commissioner. He will assume the new post next month.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
