POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Jeff Heavrin, Benjamin F.
Parrish, Jr.,
Robert Votteler and Jonathan Stanley, signing singly, the
undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for
and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or
director of Central Parking Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any
and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of
any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby
grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power
of
Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is

no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the

undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this

21st day of February, 2006.

			   /s/ Claude E. Blankenship


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				    Claude E. Blankenship