Boycott Westfield!

I've been making a kind of informal stand against the parking situation in Westfield for several years now — ever since my parents made me pay for my own parking, really — but today I'd like to make it official. I believe parking should be free for all to enjoy, and until the town of Westfield removes their overpriced parking meters, I will not patronize any of their businesses. I'll do my shopping at the new mini-mall they opened up at the north end of town, where they don't charge me for the privilege for shopping, and I urge my fellow central-Union-Countyites to follow my lead.

Of course, I'm going to struggle with my protest alone, because.... I don't really know why. The residents of Westfield are cheap bastards who don't like paying taxes and want out-of-towners to fund their city, but I don't see why the rest of us are all so eager to oblige. They could make those meters twenty bucks a minute, and people would still be too lazy to drive to the mall to shop at Banana Republic.