One of the local alternative newspapers last week published a picture with no caption. (Two pictures, actually). They were so eloquent about the wisdom of the city bureaucrats that they needed no words. The first picture showed about half a block of a downtown street, no cars or traffic, a fireplug near the curb in the foreground. The second was a close-up of the area with the fireplug so you could see, if you hadn't noticed it in the other view, that there is a parking meter right alongside the fireplug.