A company renting space from a city parks department is not a bribe.
I’m sure all the vendors and food trucks I see in our local parks paid a fee of some sort to be allowed to hawk there. Those fees weren’t bribes either.
I’m sure all the vendors and food trucks I see in our local parks paid a fee of some sort to be allowed to hawk there. Those fees weren’t bribes either.
The closest I've seen to what you're describing is designated areas for food vendors at county fairs, food trucks at swap meets, and vending machines near the restrooms at highway rest areas.
Regardless of the "rent", I do not see how shipping lockers are appropriate for a park. Even the post office does not put mailboxes inside a park. And if this is OK for Amazon does that mean UPS, FedEx, AliBaba, and whoever else can join in??
Yes, this is what corruption looks like.
I’m surprised no parks near you have a similar program; perhaps there isn’t enough foot traffic to make it worthwhile?
In terms of whether the park department should make deals like these with other operations, if the citizens they ostensibly work for want them, then they should. The Swan Boats and Frog Pond are wildly popular and enjoy widespread public support here.