Parking in the city can get contentious. Take for example that stretch of prime Beacon Street parking along the Common reserved for the for-profit media who cover the State House. Do you think anyone of those guys ever use those spots when the legislature isn't in session or for Christmas shopping or for dining at 9 Park? Now there's a great idea for a story. Inquiring minds want to know.

And I wonder how UPS, Federal Express, florists, and others feel, getting all those parking tickets just for trying to conduct business in a crowded city, all while the for-profit TV stations and media trucks pretty much park where they want, on hydrants, up on sidewalks, in the middle of the street, and rarely get a tag. Hey, there's another story idea, this one for the investigative TV guys.

I could go on but I think the point is made.

UPDATE: A reader asks where Globe (corporate cousins of the Red Sox) sportswriters park and if they ever bring their kids with them to the games? I don't have the answer, but perhaps there'll be an investigative piece on this as well.