12-15-2010, 03:52 AM
Belasko and all,
Some fees are small and not worth complaining about. This does not fall into that category however. I don't live close and don't know enough secrets to justify the annual fee but will have to cough up the daily fee (probably 5 to 10 bucks) a few times each year. If I did live closer and fished it more, I would be fuming.
One of my gripes with this sort of thing is that it is double taxation. They hit us boat owners when we register and that money is supposed to go to the county in which we say we do the most boating. That should cover it.
My hunch is that any second set of fees goes primarily to running the fee operation. There is a cost for the gates, the employees at each gate, the administration of the operation,the envelopes etc. I would like to see the break-down of where the money goes because it is my guess that we are paying for the privilege of paying (if you get my drift).
FR
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Some fees are small and not worth complaining about. This does not fall into that category however. I don't live close and don't know enough secrets to justify the annual fee but will have to cough up the daily fee (probably 5 to 10 bucks) a few times each year. If I did live closer and fished it more, I would be fuming.
One of my gripes with this sort of thing is that it is double taxation. They hit us boat owners when we register and that money is supposed to go to the county in which we say we do the most boating. That should cover it.
My hunch is that any second set of fees goes primarily to running the fee operation. There is a cost for the gates, the employees at each gate, the administration of the operation,the envelopes etc. I would like to see the break-down of where the money goes because it is my guess that we are paying for the privilege of paying (if you get my drift).
FR
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