Gina has kept her life very private since appearing on Parking Wars, but she remains one of the show’s most popular cast members to this day.
Parking Wars is just one in a series of documentary-style reality programs produced for A&E.
This show follows and documents the daily routines, grievances and disagreements of parking authority officers as they work to ensure that the streets and parking spaces in their jurisdictions are safe and secure.
What Gina has been up to since Parking Wars ended?
And while this show has come under fire in the past for its portrayal of these officers and the parking authorities which they represent, there is no denying that Parking Wars remains a firm favorite among A&E reality fans to this day.
This includes several of the show’s cast members, who occupy a special place in fans’ hearts , even now, more than a decade after the show first aired.
Unfortunately, the series fan-favorite, Gina, has kept her life very private since her short stint on this reality television show.
And aside from a few rumors that she is still working for the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) to this day – there has been no official update about what she has been up to over the last few years, since the show ended.
Though, given Gina’s no-nonsense approach, she has likely been very successful, even without all of the television glitz and glam.
Parking Wars through the years
Parking Wars started out fairly small, featuring only Gina and a few other members of the PPA. However, the show eventually branched out to include the work of members of Detroit’s MPD (Municipal Parking Department).
It later even included locations such as Providence, Staten Island, New York and more.
Parking Wars’ evolution over the years can be outlined as follows:
| Parking Wars season | Premiere date | Featured locations |
| Season 1 | January 8, 2008 | Philadelphia |
| Season 2 | October 15, 2008 | Philadelphia |
| Season 3 | October 6, 2009 | Philadelphia, Detroit |
| Season 4 | October 12, 2010 | Philadelphia, Detroit |
| Season 5 | April 16, 2011 | Philadelphia, Detroit |
| Season 6 | February 11, 2012 | Philadelphia, Detroit, Providence, Rhode Island, Staten Island, North Hempstead, New York, and Trenton, New Jersey |
| Season 7 | October 6, 2012 | Philadelphia, Detroit, Providence, Rhode Island, Staten Island, North Hempstead, New York, and Trenton, New Jersey |
Gina’s role on the show
Gina was part of the Philadelphia leg of officers that started it all for the Parking Wars series.
And according to their website, the PPA “carries out its statutory mandate of providing adequate parking services for the residents, businesses, and visitors of Philadelphia by coordinating the efforts of public agencies concerning parking, establishing and operating public parking facilities, and analyzing parking needs and resources for the overall benefit of the public.”
Though, in more practical terms, we saw Gina and her fellow officers carry out this duty on the show by writing tickets and citations, booting vehicles and even towing vehicles, when necessary.
This was to ensure that the Philadelphia parking rules and regulations were being upheld at all times.
How much did Gina get paid for Parking Wars?
While the members of the PPA and other parking authorities across the United States who were chosen to represent the institutions on Parking Wars entertained (and sometimes even enraged) audiences for seven seasons over a period of four years, they were never paid to appear on the show.
According to the show’s co-executive producer, Dan Flaherty, the only additional perks that the Parking Wars cast, including Gina, received for their contribution to the show was “the personal satisfaction of being able to communicate that this is my job. This what is boring and what is difficult about my job.”
Gina is still one of Parking Wars’ most popular cast members
The most recent seventh season of Parking Wars first aired back in 2012. And while there have always been rumors floating around that the show may return for an eighth season eventually, it now seems highly unlikely that the show will return after more than a decade off the air.
However, this does not mean that Parking Wars is no longer a beloved part of A&E’s hit reality show lineup. The network still regularly airs reruns of Parking Wars to this day.
And it turns out that Gina is still a fan-favorite member of the PPA to this day as well, as her scenes still made it on to A&E’s “Parking Wars: Most Viewed Moments of 2022” compilation, alongside other fan-favorite cast members like Steve Garfield, Sherry Royal, Marlene Bednarczyk and more.
So, although Gina may have retired from her brief tenure as a reality television star, it seems like her Parking Wars legacy lives on.
