Fruitbowl - Fresh Ideas from Hawke's Bay

It’s true. Parking meters are coming to Taradale. November this year apparently. Where is the rancour? The howls of protest? After all the blood letting and angst in Havelock North, perhaps Taradale spotted their own goal and decided not to fall into that trap. Perhaps Taradalians are war-weary from the battles over Napier Hospital. Or maybe we are just practical, mature people who would like a spruced up town and if it means putting a buck in the parking meter from time to time, so be it.
So when we are all spruced up and looking fancy come on over and put a buck in the meter and check us out. Taradale is cool without being pretentious; chic with a touch of cheek and so friendly you will not want to go home. Oh, and I am neither bias nor one-eyed. And if you see a lump in my cheek, it will surely be my lunch from a fabulous Taradale eatery and not my tongue.