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Potomac Mills finally backed down and ended the aggressive parking enforcement that plagued our morning commutes. It has been a long and draining struggle but I am relieved that we can pull in to pick up our riders without being harassed. We will stay vigilant to ensure they do not …

July 5, 2008

Potomac Mills, the Anti-Environment

Potomac Mills, the Anti-Environment

🏆 Won — 161 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 4 months ago
The cost of living, gas prices, food... they\'re all rising at unbelieveable rates. This coupled with the destruction of our environment leads thousands of northen Virginians to slug. Slugging is an extremely efficient and exclusive method used by northern VA commuters to get to and from work, eliminate the number of cars on the road, avoid sitting in traffic and escape the rising fuel costs. Many of us live in the Potomac Mills area and each spend hundreds and thousands of dollars in their stores, food court, etc. Yet, we are being grossly mistreated by Potomac Mills with their limits on commuter parking at the most inopportune time. They are now wasting their money on street painting, security, segways, and barricades in order to police the parking lots in the morning to turn commuters away. They have gone so far as to make the cars leave which are there to pick up slugs, and we have seen sluggers having to get out since the car still did not have the necessary 3 passenger occupancy, and some of those slugs didn\'t even park at Potomac Mills so they were stranded and had to call someone to pick them up! Is this the Pentagon or is it a mall parking lot Why is Potomac Mills deterring people from utilizing a method of commuting which is huge in aiding in the protection of our environment Potomac Mills\' daytime shoppers are in no way facing parking dilemmas. The lot is empty. People are not congregating there in vast numbers to shop during the work day. Sign this petition and let your voice be heard. Show your outrage towards Potomac Mills\' treatment of commuters who are and have been their loyal customers for years and years. I also suggest an all out boycott of Potomac Mills until they do something about this. DO NOT GIVE YOUR MONEY TO POTOMAC MILLS. SPEND IT ELSEWHERE UNTIL WE SEE CHANGE! Please note that any duplicate signatures have been and will be deleted as well as any signatures containing negative and/or sarcastic comments which are not in support of this petition. Thank you everyone for your support.

Updates

June 26, 2008

The amount of support gathered here confirms that people in our community are as frustrated with these parking policies as I am. It has been an exhausting uphill battle against management but knowing so many others see the unnecessary cruelty of their actions keeps me moving forward.

Reached 100 supporters

June 26, 2008

6 Comments

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David Kapoor
18 years ago Featured

I used to spend a lot of money there on my lunch breaks but not anymore. If they want to treat commuters like criminals they lost my business.

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Jessica Alvarez
18 years ago Featured

so annoyed by this. my driver almost got towed yesterday just for picking me up. leave us alone!

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Sarah Huang
18 years ago Featured

This makes my commute twice as hard. Potomac mills needs to stop being so petty about the parking lot. Nobody is shopping at that hour anyway.

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Mike Pearce
18 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. The mall is empty at 7am anyway. Why waste money on security to chase away people who are actually helping the environment?

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Brian Cooper
18 years ago Featured

unbelievable. imagine spending money on segways to patrol a parking lot that nobody is even using during the day. get a life potomac mills.

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Kevin Norton
18 years ago Featured

Total waste of resources. Let us park. We are just trying to get to work without paying 4 dollars a gallon for gas.