Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:29:49 -0700
Reply-To: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
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From: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Camping..slight rant without V-C
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Before Arnald, Gray Davis was the California Governor. Davis had all California
park fees reduced by a half. Some parks that had no service became free. When
Arnold took over the throne he restored all fees back and set up fee collection
for parks with no service. I guess it's not just WA and OR states. It's probably
all over every state.
It's clear that people who visit these parks are asked to pay for the war in Iraq.
Parents who pay for their children's college are also asked to pay for the war in
Iraq. The problem is after all that increased fees the price at the pump is still
increased.
David
--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:
> Here in the Northwest, in the past few years, an alarming government
> practice has begun. The states have started double charging for public land
> camping by requiring what they call a "Forest Pass" and in Oregon, they've
> begun snarfing-up unimproved sites and calling them State Parks Permit
> areas..Washington has what they call a Recreation pass, or some such..(I
> ignore that)
> I do really enjoy and certainly don't begrudge a user fee for our Forest
> Service campgrounds. I really appreciate how lucky we are in the US to have
> facilities like those. But paying a fee to park in a Clear-Cut to go pick
> some huckleberries or take a mountain bike ride through the 'slash"..not!
> So you go into the national forest and find a proliferation of sites that
> are now designated 'Forest Use permit required' where they've done nothing
> but block off and sign-off all the surrounding forest and road access so you
> are forced into the "fee-parking area" .If you don't have a $40 annual
> sticker on your VW, you get a ticket..That's about what you get for your
> forty bucks....nothing if you pay, a citation if you don't..
> ...The way I've got it figured, the national forest we are already charged
> for, in our federal taxes. So these newer state fees are redundant. I see
> no improvements being done, other than new Law Enforcement(parking
> attendants?) trucks and uniformed "rangers" to collect the fees. Signs to
> tell you "You Must Pay" and in some cases, miles of "No Parking" signs to
> make sure you can only park in the Fee Area...
> Kinda pisses me off when our government does stuff like that, and nobody
> really says much.."Geeze, it IS the government, they must have the right"
> And the Forest Law that I have asked about it, they say stuff like.."Hey,
> we use the fee to improve your forest experience..." Right...I just love
> being in the back country and being confronted by a law man in a flat hat
> driving a truck I bought, telling me I can't park there without a permit..
> Big "Improvement"
> Rant over..
> Don Hanson
>
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