04-04-2011, 11:17 AM
Rob, While I agree in concept, I think collecting the fee helps keep the government honest <insert your own joke here..>. If they raised the property taxes enough to cover the parks, it would last a year or so until some legislator had a pet project that needed funding, and then the park allocation would be cut again. Under this plan, as I understand it, money collected at the park is supposed to stay in the park system.