Dear Editor: It doesn't take a mathematician to realize the population of Hoboken is exploding. Why is then, in a town that did not have ample resident parking several years ago, are there less places to park now? Why have the street signs been changing to No Standing and Tow Zone? Mr. Mayor, how have you and the Hoboken legislature been addressing the issue of parking in Hoboken? The question is rhetorical as I have the answer. Regressively. The answer from your administration is to hurt the tax paying resident both monetarily and in a quality of life manner. Additional taxes are being levied on the residents of Hoboken through the issue of parking summonses, towing expenses and lost work time fighting questionable tickets. Quality of life is hurt by residents arriving home from work desperately seeking a legal parking spot for extended periods of time. Let me digress. The bulk of the summonses issued in Hoboken are issued by employees of the Hoboken Parking Authority; henceforth referred to as The Goon Squad. I am not deflecting the blame for parking shortages on The Goon Squad. Largely, they are just enforcing the laws. My issue with The Goon Squad is in writing tickets for obscure laws and where contradictions in parking signs exist, and those contradictions exist in spades. An example of an unposted obscure law which I have seen vehicles issued a summons, is when a person parks his car on the street, near the corner but clears the crosswalk completely. A member of The Goon Squad issues the vehicle a summons. I inquire why, as I do not want myself, nor my friends to commit the same egregious error. She informs me that there is no parking 20 feet from the street corner. There is no sign posted. Why would one inherently know this? If the members of The Goon Squad spent more time correcting such sign omissions and contradictions, they would be detested less. This brings me to the Hoboken Police Department. As my father is a retired NYPD detective, I have much respect for law enforcement officers, in general, and would say nothing to disparage them. However, I do not appreciate the fact the HPD does not lead by example. They double park their civilian automobiles outside the police station between First and Second Streets. Meanwhile, in something akin to a nightmarish ChiPs episode, they ride their motorcycles up and down Washington Street hassling people who double park to run in to stores momentarily. These are residents trying to support community businesses. Additionally, the HPD is quick to ticket and tow automobiles parked after 6 p.m. on Second Street between River and Hudson, Thursday-Saturday, to clear the way to the garage for the procession of drunkards Hoboken imports every week. At other times, this is legal meter parking adding to the parking confusion. In a different, but related issue where is the HPD when these same drunkards stagger out of the bars late at night back to that same garage, yelling at the top of their lungs. It relates to the bigger picture of quality of life and taking care of the residents of Hoboken. Mr. Mayor, the parking problem rests squarely on your shoulders. The Goon Squad and the HPD are the tools for enforcing an ill conceived parking plan with a faulty infrastructure (confusing signs). Calling it a plan is being generous, as it appears to be an afterthought to development. The construction being done on the southern waterfront has eliminated scores of parking spaces. Why not eliminate metered parking on some of the residential streets off of Washington? Why not open that tremendous empty lot that encompasses one square block of First and Second Streets, River Street and the park to the residents and not just the employees of St. Mary Hospital? These measures can be temporary as to alleviate the burden. Why not find the space to provide a cheap municipal parking lot so we don't have to double park on Washington Street. You and others like you have allowed and continue to allow our small town to be overdeveloped. It is now time to address the ensuring problems. Address the needs of your constituents, Mr. Mayor. A resident