Price of Parking

Let me preface this post by stating that this is my first year at UAH. That being said I never had to pay the original price for parking decals from the last semester. I do however have to pay the outrageous one hundred and twenty dollars for my current parking decal. This is significantly less than last semesters (if memory serves correctly it's greater by a factor of four). Now though it is a lot of money to pay I do see why administrators need/want to raise the cost. With the new sophomore dorms coming in year as well as the need for road improvements and such, the increase would allow for these improvements to be made without the need for an increase in tuition. The major problem is that there are a few commuters who come to the campus once or twice a week. This is a problem because these people are paying outrageous amounts of money just to park for a few hours every week. I remember talking to one such person and hearing her complaints on the matter. Overall I can't really say that it was a horrible decision (though it costs me an extra 90 dollars) but it would be nice if it could have been eased in to instead of quadrupling over night. Overall as long as it's not being wasted on something useless or being spent in ineffective ways I'm fine.