One local lawyer was pleasantly surprised at the technological sophistication of podunk Mount Clemens.
Criminal defense attorney Mark Haddad recently stood in a Macomb County courthouse hallway, gazing in amazement at his smartphone. He was being alerted his parking meter was expiring in 15 minutes.
“How cool is that?” Haddad laughed. “Who would’ve thought in Mount Clemens?”
Haddad took advantage of the city’s free program through www.parkmobile.com, which allows visitors to feed a parking meter with online or phoneline payments instead of coins. An “app” works for many smartphones.
With county and court officials also constantly incorporating the county seat in its frequent technological advancements, maybe the city should be renamed “Mount Connected.”