by clarity 6 Replies latest jw experiences
Parking at the Tacoma Dome for Jehovah's Witnesses was
evidently included in the cost of the rent.
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"By Law, the WTBS was not to collect additional
parking fees from the people coming to their event.
They did charge. They broke the law!"
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I remember going to the Dome in the early 80's
for the assembly & being charged for parking by
some very eager bros, ... so confusing!
Who else wondered about this?
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http://www.watchtowernews.org/tacomapark.htm
clarity
I attended the DC at the Tacoma Dome for many years.
I always remember the "required" parking passes, purchased at the KH weeks in advance, for a "contribution" of $5.
Then, when I worked in Parking, we were asked to keep an eye out for cars to have their Parking Passes displayed, and to offer them for purchase if they didnt have one.
But then the obvious question: What if someone didn't have one, and didn't want to buy one? What do to?
Answer: Nothing, not like we can actually enforce anything. Then I knew it................ the Parking Passes were a sham.
Jack Harper
There's quite a bit of history for this, if anyone is interested:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/102904/1/Tacoma-Dome-Parking-scandal-please-inform
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/66723/1/Tacoma-Dome-Parking-Scandal
marked
Barbara Anderson has some great stuff about this on her site, including:
This was one of the first things that really started to wake me up. I couldn't figure out how the organization, that I thought of in high regard, could do something like this. Now it all makes sense.
I'm supposed to go to the Tacoma Dome this month, I think I'll be missing the event this year.
I hope all the lurkers clicked on the links.
