Is everybody cool with me buying the yearly pass and parking on the street to start at hole 8?
This debate is quite similar to $ parking pass to access public lands [NW Forest Pass], with similar issues:
A. If you pay, theoretically you have more say in the use of the resource. Is this true at Blue Lake?
B. Not everyone is in a position to pay everytime/anytime they want to access this outdoor resource,
or Does EVERY F'in thing in this society have to cost cash money, and F@#$ you if ya ain't got ? (the answer might be 'yes')
C. there will
always be free riders on a resource that is not completely access restricted , like clean air
so maybe those who carpool in a Prius can park on street and those who drive alone in their SUV should pay to park?
D. how much more space on my windshield can I cover with these things?
Do u contribute?
from
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=24271
Metro will receive an estimated $39 million in property tax in FY 2011-12
PLUS local, state and federal grants ($12.6 million)
PLUS Current revenue= 57% of Metro's resources
such as: solid waste disposal fees {Metro's largest $ activity}, also Zoo admission fees,
Blue Lake fees, Arleen Snitz concert admission...
METRO also brings you the Urban Growth Boundry, probably the only thing slowing PDX's slide toward Seattle sprawl and Californication