[TidePrider]

I did get a call back from the “hot line”. After some stammering and stuttering I was told the increase in campus RV parking was to even up the price of RV parking with the cost of getting a tent on the Quad. The University felt that was the only fair thing to do and since a tent on the Quad cost $729 last year the price of RV parking should cost the same as tents on the Quad. I didn't think to ask at the time but isn't electricity provided with the cost of the tents on the
Quad? I was also told that I should be thankful that I was at a University lot and did not have to make the high dollar donations that Tide Pride members made to get a parking space in their RV lots. I guess the donations I have made to A+ and other fundraisers are insignificant to the University and in the future I will restrict my donations to those mandatory to ticket purchases. When I ask about the future for RV parking on campus he told me the Brice parking lot discussion was a Tide Pride project and not a University project. He said that much of the land in that area was swampy and would require expensive prep work for RV parking. He did not foresee the University lots closing. When I called I thought if I got an answer at all it would be BS and I politely informed him that while I appreciated the return call that his explanation for the increase was weak. I hope I am wrong but I still think the future for RV parking on campus is very bleak.