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~City mayâ€"seif purking Tot$ to recover lost permit revenvue World of Dreams at Waterloo Inserts delivered with this week‘s Waterloo Chronicle Moore‘s The Suit People. INSERTS Opinion ......... Lifestyles ...... Business ....... Entertainment Spofts........... Classified ....... Chronicle Old fashioned craftsmanship N giving you a restful sleep at SAVINGS OF OVER 40%! , . Tim Gardner pn'ldngpmnitrevmuehasplfi!:;lmedBOper x * ronicle, s reent~1891‘ to 1995, from $330,000 to t Wkrem o5 5. qpfoememien‘ * â€" The City of Waterloo may consider selling _ In fact, the amount of money taxpayers will some of its 11 surface parking lots to help cover have to pay this year to make the city‘s parking ardramatic drop in parking permit revenue over _ division break even is $545,000. That compares the last four years. with only $295,000taxpayers had to pay last year. City project engineer Paul Eichinger said in a _ In an interview, Eichinger said one way the recent presentation to Waterloo council that , city might try and recoup some of its lost permit After losing five of their last seven games it looks like disastrous December is almost over for Waterloo SiSKINS ......................2 Cambridge, England‘s celebrated St. John‘s College Choir will give a Christmas concert at Centre in the Square Friday Night...ys.......... 16 *Selected areas only Open Mon. â€" Fri. 10 am â€" 5 pm; Sat. 9 am â€" 5 pm 141 Weber Streetf ‘Waterloo (corner of Weber and Union) 742â€"0783 10 13 16 24 32 24 16 THREEâ€"YEARâ€"OLD KIERAN PETTâ€"COLBERT was wideâ€"eyed and full of wonder as he sat on Santa‘s knee and recited his Christmas wish list this week in Waterloo Town Square. Kieran is visiting Waterloo from Saudi Arabia for the holiday season. Deborsh Crandall photo Eichinger said there are a number of reasons for the dramatic decrease in parking permit revâ€" enue in recent years. revenue and tackle its annual deficits is by sellâ€" ing some of its surface parking lots. in 1995, the city sold only approximately 30 to 40 per cent of its available parking permits, he said. Some former customers such as the Marsland Centre now have their own parking garages. 485 King St. North Waterioo, Ont. se C090 vVoLvo Bâ€"K MOTORS And Eichinger said the city‘s parking permits have become too expensive, which is partly wh\ the city has decided to reduce the cost of many of them for 1996 Also the city sold its former Knox Church parkâ€" ing lot in 1994 while a number of private park ing lots have sprung up in the downtown core in the past few years (Continued on page 2)