How did it come to this?

Obviously not. Wink just received his in the mail. Riddle me this: The fact sheet says that he does not have to pay for metered parking (over 30 minutes) when his permit is displayed. Why does having a disability exempt him from paying for a meter?

My thought is that I WANT to exercise and get in as many steps as I can (heck, I'm a card carrying pedometer woman!) so I have no intention of taking advantage of this permit. However, after searching up and down the parking rows at the mall today, I actually started to look for handicapped parking! Fortunately, I found regular parking. In spite of this, Cal insisted on putting the permit up on our rear-view mirror. Upon leaving the mall, he was quite upset that I increased my visibility by taking down the permit.