Parking signs at Capitol have finally been updated

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 16, 2012

~~Question: I parked in the metered public parking under the state Capitol building on Saturday, Oct. 27. Signs state that parking there is allowed Monday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a four-hour maximum. I paid for four hours and went away. I came back at 5:45 p.m., but the entrance was blocked with a drop-down grill. I saw a security officer inside and asked him to open the grill so that I could get my car out. He refused. He said that my car was going to be towed because parking was not allowed on Saturday. I told him what the signs said. He said that they were wrong and should be changed. Long story short, he finally opened the grill after putting me through some humiliating pleading and let me out, but said, "See the sign over the entrance: Restricted Parking! Everybody knows that the government doesn't work on Saturdays, so the parking lot is closed." This is nonsense. Who do I contact?
Answer: We contacted both the state Department of Accounting and General Services, which oversees the parking lot at the state Capitol, and the Department of Public Safety, which provides security there.
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Question: I parked in the metered public parking under the state Capitol building on Saturday, Oct. 27. Signs state that parking there is allowed Monday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a four-hour maximum. I paid for four hours and went away. I came back at 5:45 p.m., but the entrance was blocked with a drop-down grill. I saw a security officer inside and asked him to open the grill so that I could get my car out. He refused. He said that my car was going to be towed because parking was not allowed on Saturday. I told him what the signs said. He said that they were wrong and should be changed. Long story short, he finally opened the grill after putting me through some humiliating pleading and let me out, but said, "See the sign over the entrance: Restricted Parking! Everybody knows that the government doesn't work on Saturdays, so the parking lot is closed." This is nonsense. Who do I contact?

Answer: We contacted both the state Department of Accounting and General Services, which oversees the parking lot at the state Capitol, and the Department of Public Safety, which provides security there. Login for more...