Sparkey
Because of your young age, your lack of paying taxes, your lack of knowledge of law, your total lack of dealing with bureaucratic government policies, and your obvious personally attack on me, and your total lack of personally working with the various branches of the government, your remarks speak for themselves, and do not need to be rebutted by me!!
Smalma,
You should know better, so I am not going to let you off the hook so easily! Most of the time we agree on fishery issues and I respect your vast knowledge of the species and for the most part, your knowledge of the fishery management.
But I must draw the line on this one!
You say;
"How about the WDFW charge the going rate for using boat launches."
That sounds like the logic of every government bureaucrat that I know! Charge us for something we already have paid for, just to keep your own agency jobs in tack!
You also said;
" Of course if we fishermen were willing to pay for the total cost of upkeeping these areas for all the users those permits would not be needed. However to do so would mean our license fees would have to be considerably higher."
Who in the devil do you think is paying to keep these faculties up now…the tooth fairly? Who do you think pays the taxes that are authorized by the Wallop-Breaux Act (formerly Dingle-Johnson Act)? Oh yea, that money doesn't count . . . or does it? What hole has that money now been diverted to?
Smalma
This is what we "gave to the counties";
RCW 77.12.201
Counties may elect to receive an amount in lieu of taxes -- County to record collections for violations of law or rules -- Deposit.
The legislative authority of a county may elect, by giving written notice to the director and the treasurer prior to January 1st of any year, to obtain for the following year an amount in lieu of real property taxes on game lands as provided in RCW 77.12.203. Upon the election, the county shall keep a record of all fines, forfeitures, reimbursements, and costs assessed and collected, in whole or in part, under this title for violations of law or rules adopted pursuant to this title and shall monthly remit an amount equal to the amount collected to the state treasurer for deposit in the public safety and education account established under RCW 43.08.250. The election shall continue until the department is notified differently prior to January 1st of any year.
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It's the "counties option" to keep or not to keep the money from the fines or the property taxes!
Cowlitzfisherman
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