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Reality Check: What the city isn't telling you about the plan to privatize parking

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The fight over the proposal to privatize Cincinnati's parking system continues.

As part of that agreement the city says private companies would operate the parking meters and garages.

But those private companies would not control the rates, hours or enforcement.

So what is the city not telling you?

Ben has the Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

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