In the case of this bill in Maine THE KAYAK REGISTRATION FEES ARE GOING IN TO THE GENERAL FUND. Not the Dept of Natural Resources or any other nature, water or even boating related item. Not one penny will be fed back to the improvement of parks, nature or waterways. In other words the governor is taking my hard earned money to fund privately run state funded methadone clinics so they can hand out two weeks supplies of methadone to junkies form out of state who come up here upon leaning of the liberal standards of our welfare system and declare residency here. These junkies either take it all in one gulp and OD on the stuff (they are offing themselves at the rate of about a couple a month) or sell it to other junkies. I am not opposed to paying fees. I already do in the form of season or daily passes to use managed waterways even though more often then not the power boaters hog the boat ramps while I have to climb over the rocks w/ my gear. And mind you just where is the guy from out of state supposed to buy the sticker when he comes up here on Saturday am and the local town halls are only open on week days??? not a happy camper: michael *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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