New parking fee does not guarantee a spot so why bother?

The MHCC administration should have gotten its act together so we could all start the year off on a good foot. I was hoping that when I came back this fall, the apprehensive feeling in the pit of my stomach would go away.
But it didn’t. And now MHCC has implemented parking fees, yet another fee that students are required to pay. The cost of the permits is $25 per term or $3 per day. I am not happy about this, probably because I was only informed of this fact when I read about it on the back of a bathroom stall during summer term. Wow, MHCC, thanks for letting us know about this.
Many students at MHCC need help to pay for school and therefore use financial aid to pay fees. Adding an extra $75-100 a year on top of class fees, textbooks and extra supplies may be a problem for many students. Students also have many other things to pay for.
It is great that they have so many places to buy the permits. There are four on-campus locations to purchase them, although the website makes it seem as though you can only purchase with cash in the Student Services office, Financial Aid in the bookstore and cash, credit and debit in the College Center. And you can only purchase day passes at ticket kiosks located between lots D & E, and next to south entrance of HPE building. Students can find information on where to purchase the permits on the website. If students are required to pay this fee, they should make them easier to purchase. Also irritating is that employees do not have to pay for parking permits.
According to the college website, MHCC has 2,700 parking spaces. That seems like a very large number but, in fact, there are staff, teachers and students all on campus during the day trying to find a parking spot. This is generally a chore, and if students are paying this fee then they probably would want to be guaranteed a spot.
Parking is limited on campus and I hope the administration realizes that this fee will anger students. Due to delays in the Financial Aid office, they may receive their financial aid late this year.
The reason for this new fee has not been explained to students, and because of this we may assume that it’s because of the massive debt that MHCC has incurred over the years. Are parking fees just a ploy to get more money from already broke college students?
Assuming the parking fees are here to stay, then the students have the right to know why they are paying this fee. And where is the money going? Is it going to help pay for this new system which most likely cost a pretty penny? Or is it going to help pay off the college’s mounting debt? We want the answers and we deserve to know.