No more free parking in Anchorage (?)

rv2go wrote:
I wont be going up this year, but for those going and if this gets passed, you should avoid Lottie Michaels and his Golden Nugget RV Park. We as an RV community should really shun any place that supports banning overnight parking in a store's parking lot.

I doubt that boycotting an establishment you have no interest in patronizing in the first place will have much of an impact. Unless you know the situation in Anchorage, you shouldn't be passing judgment on the merit of any proposed ordinance. If an occasional rig overnights in the Walmart parking lot, I agree, the law is ill-conceived. If there are dozens of rigs staying multiple nights in Walmarts that are located in residential areas than an ordinance may be necessary.
Overnighting in areas not designated for such activity is very much a NIMBY issue. It is all fine and Dandy until they are overnighting in your residential neighborhood. No different than having no problem with a person running a business out of their home, until that business and home is your next door neighbor. Then the traffic and strangers coming in and out of that business becomes an issue that you very well might need a city ordinance to stop.
As always, I will invoke my favorite argument. If overnighting was actually beneficial and wanted by the Walmarts of the world, they will surely have the political and financial resources to outmaneuver and outspend any mom and pop campground. The fact that this proposed ordinance is seeing the light of day at all is proof that there could be merit to the ordinance.