With the recent victory on eminent domain, what are the big issues yet to be resolved before any clear-thinking Walnut Creek residents vote “Yes” on the $21 million Measure R at the special election in November? … Chief among them is the size and design of the parking garage planned to serve a new Civic Park library. … Walnut Creek has thousands upon thousands of parking spaces in mammoth garages throughout downtown. They permeate the skyline from just about any vantage point you pick. … It also has the cheapest parking in the Bay Area, which simply encourages more of the congestion that makes it hard for residents to get around town. … Walking today – on a Saturday afternoon on a popular holiday shopping weekend – I was able to find several hundred open spaces at three garages within walking distance of the park and library – Broadway, South Locust and Broadway Point. I can find no justification for a new multi-level garage in our public park. …