DEAR SIR,

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060053-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: April 25, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dear Sir,
Mr. President, Congress once again you are looking out for No.l.
Voted vout selves and staff handsome raises aloud the higher Qrade
government workers to get the larger chunk in ti ctober raises
while the middle and low grade employees who do the great majority
of the worL, get the shaft. Now you want to charge us for parking.
How considerate, we'll all nay the same price regardless of grade,
except No.1 (Mr. President, Congress and Postal Employees).
It really must be nice to be Special People in a Democratic Society
where you who make the most sit back and watch the little people
scrounge for every pickle and dime to make ends meet.
Mr. President, you want us to cut back on driving by taking a.
buss., train, subway or airplane. That would be nice and more
comfortable if the people paid for my trips like we're paying for
yours and whomever else, Your trips to Georgia, Camp David and
Snake River, just to mention a few. Why don't you stay home and
save the taxpayers some money!
'Thy don't you make it mandatory that the "Big Executives" not
be chauffered to and from work! Let. them get carpools, catch buses
and subways. That would save the American people right there, but
you won't.
I already pay Federal Taxes for government property, now you
want to bill me for being a government employee. I didn't realize
the price you have to pay just to work for the government. Is it
really worth it? You certainly don't get the raises that equal to
Industry.
It's time the No.1 guys set a good example instead of passing
the busk. I realize this would pose a hardship for most,. but
suffer a little. You seem to forget the little people once you
"power." We are the ones who put you where you are today.
Actually you are proving to me that it is useless to spend my gas
and valuable time to vote for anyone because you eventually get
slapped in the face by the very same people you. put into office.
It is a shame more of us weren't born with a silver spoon in our
mouths,
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[ can hardly make ends meet now. I can notgeta promotion
how are we to pay for this added expense? Have you ever had
the frustrations of coming by. bus to work? From upper north-
west Washington, D.C. you have to transfer three times. If
the bus is full they won't stop, and you will be passed by two
or three times before you are able to get on bus. By the time
you get to a T Metro Train Station, you may have just missed a
train or it is too full so you wait for the next one. By that
time, you have missed your Virginia bus. If you don't got thc?
scheduled bus you must walk into CIA compound from route 123.
By this time you are late for work and your blood pressure is
so high you are not fit to work.
What is the tax money we are paying being used for?
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I do not fool it is fair for any one employee to pay for
Parking when the price of gasoline is such that it is crippling
to us all. I do not want to fool deprived when most of my
money goes for traveling to and from work. There arc no bus
routes from where I live. To comply with a carpool, one must
either change their hours and find someone that lives right
in your area.. I would drive in a carpool, but because of a
small child at home, I cannot change my hours. The American
consumer pays enough out as it is, to enforce a regulation to
pay for parking is unfair! If it is to be enforced, I believe
a rate based upon salary is valid.
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My salary is not enough to pay [or parking and the
continuous increase in gasoline prices. I would not be
able to use public transportation at the hour that I must
report to work.
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I, a tax paying citizen and an employee of the federal
government, am opposed to charged rate parking for government
employees on federal property. Low grade employees should
not be required to pay for parking privileges equivalent to
upper grades. A.s a lotiw; grade employee r V, worn to
support myself (I have no other means of support except my job)
any added expense now will definitely impose a hardship upon
me, because of the high cost of living.
ILLEGIB
STAT
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Paying for parking here is going to be a hardship for
those employee's in a low income bracket. Especially now
with the gas going up like it is. Like alot of people do
not have. any other choice, but dr-ive. There isn't any
transportation out their way. Its going to make a big hole
in alot of pockets, and they aren't going to like it. Unless
they form car pools. Alot of times that can be a big hassle
also.
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My carpool will not drive, if we have to pay for narking.
This would mean that I would have to try to make it on a bus
from Oxon Mill, Md. This would cost lots of time that. I don't
have, and lots of flustration I don't need. example: It will
,require my babysitter to have to come at 6:30 a.m. I don't
know if this is possible. Also if I go by public transportation,
I would have to take 2 buses and the subway. The problem is
getting to work on time. I would have to wait for the babysitter
to arrive, then walk out of my complex to the nearest bus stop.
There is always the possibility that you will not make the
connections, therefore, miss the Virginia bus. I strongly
oppose to paying for parking.
STAT
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I feel that the President policy to charge employees
for parking is a slap in the face. In the past, federal workers
have been given cost of living increases that were less than
the actual increasein the cost of living. This meant.. that we
were falling behind, but the President felt the federal
government had to set an example to hold down inflation. While
we have been setting examples other workers (police?,fire, postal.,
teachers, truckers, rubber, field hands, etc.) have been on
strike or threatened strikes to got all they can. Even congress
gave themselves a substantial pay raise not long ago. and just
recently passed. a rule which would allow them to make more money
from outside sources while tho are suppose to be working for us.
We are already the victims of _i_nflatioa , so why should we
bear the brunt of the President policy. The heads of the
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various federal agencies just recently ordered their now4suppl.ied.
cars, none of which were pintos, chevett-s or other economy
cars. I fail to see how this will save the tax payers or
utilize public transportation.
The President's actions are inconsistent with his own policy..
The President appeared on national TV to ask tlhe America people
to conserve,. Ile suggested we should cut down on the amount we
drive, about 12 miles per.-week. The same week he took a trip
(don't r.em esrber where) and spent the weekend at Camp David,
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s.i.nca then has vacationed irl Ga., , anal spent add i tional
Z' C ken at Cai:i`-a David. Once again I. fail to see aiiy cost saving
to the tax r> vers
I have bean carl)aolin,g since 1.968. I live in a area whore
there is no rm.hlie transportat -on, so carpooling is my only
alternative. If paid parking is mandatory, my only chose is to pay
since there are no other parking areas around HIQS except our own
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]c-'-t which we the tax payers have already paid for, GSA does not
have a record of saving taxpayers money and I doubt if we taxpayers.
will benefit from their administration of paid parking lots. On
several. occasions I have abandoned, my carpool to work irregular
hours. This has been necessary to complete special projects in
addition to our regular work. With pay parking, I will have to
pay two parking fees, one as a member of a carpool and one because
I had to come in alone to accomodate the needs of the office.
If the President wants to solve the energy problem, why -is he
waiting for the oil companies to find more oil or an alternative?
If I was in the drilling business, owned a fleet of tankers, and
oil refineries and was still making profits I wouldn't be
developing an alterTlative.
The President should remember that not all federal workers
are super grades with high salaries to cushion the impact of paid
parking. I guess when you have, all the benefits that the President
and his friends in power enjoy, parking fees are no big deal. Will
the President pay to pare at the White House and how about the
trips to Camp David? Will a1. all federal workers including those who
were elected or appointed pay for parking? What about our own
Director, ,,ho is a substantial double-dipper? It seems that the
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Sincerely,
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I think paid park; n4, would be i_a' much of a hardship on
all employees -G?>ecially lower income employees. With the
high cost of living going higher each month, there should be
some consideration given to low income employees whose income
does not increase according to inflation prices. Employees
already have hardships in transportation with the high cost
o.l gasoline and car m`{intenan.ce. Before charging to park,
they should make sure people have alternatives, such as public
transportations. Some of us do not live near any type of
public transportation.
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CPYRGHT
The prices of gasoline and maintenance has already
doubled in the last 5 years. If parking is also charged
this amounts to a tax on the privilege-of working. Since
.there is no public transportation where I live in West
Virginia. There is riot- even a choice, unless it is to
resign.
This is the wavO it is.
CPYRGHT
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I am against paying for parking on government property.
As it. is I spend $25.00 a week for gasoline and, if I had to
pay for parking too it could present quite a hardship. I am
in the low -income bracket and have 2 to support. A travel
80 miles a_ clay because there are no jobs available in my area,
no pub7.ic transportation and haven't found anyone who lives
in my vicinity to assist in carpooling to IIQS. So I drop
off my carpool in Washington, D.C. and then have to work
my way through traffic to get here.. Once I get here it is
a 10 minute walk from west lot.
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