In a recent column, Jon Mays suggests that San Mateo County Parks should have free entrance fees. I looked to see if other Bay Area counties (Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, Contra Costa and Solano) have free entrance fees and found that they all charge fees. Unlike libraries that have no fees, county parks have many expenses such as maintaining picnic areas, disposal of picnic trash, maintaining hiking trails, paying park rangers and maintaining their vehicles. County parks also have many volunteers and the volunteers need training by park staff. Another expense is the maintenance and replacement of trees and plants.
Mr. Schwartz – true, but all of these expenses can be wrapped up as a taxpayer cost – one where their taxes actually benefit the public, instead of seeing $31billion lost to EDD crooks, and the untold billions to support a train-to-nowhere union giveaway, among other wasteful spending. Imagine how many free entrances those $billions can pay for.
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Mr. Schwartz – true, but all of these expenses can be wrapped up as a taxpayer cost – one where their taxes actually benefit the public, instead of seeing $31billion lost to EDD crooks, and the untold billions to support a train-to-nowhere union giveaway, among other wasteful spending. Imagine how many free entrances those $billions can pay for.
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