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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / July 2005Alert: Minnesota campgrounds likely to shut down 6/30/2005 :(
Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among politicians), it now appears likely that state parks (and many other non-essential Minnesota state government operations) will shut down on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 4 PM. If you were planning on camping in a Minnesota SP (or a state forest campground) over the 4th of July, you need to read this: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/shutdown2005.html If you have reservations, a full refund is available. Austin  SignatureColeman Bayside behind a Chevy Astro. No, not without a Reese Mini-350 WDH! There are no X characters in my address > Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among politicians), > it now appears likely that state parks (and many other non-essential [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > campground) over the 4th of July, you need to read this: > http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/shutdown2005.html Stay tuned - a deal has been proposed that may keep the parks open, but the rest of the state government will almost certainly shut down. All but three of the state's rest areas will shut down, so you will have to get off the highway to find services. Go easy on the coffee, pop, and other beverages in Minnesota this weekend! Austin SignatureColeman Bayside behind a Chevy Astro. No, not without a Reese Mini-350 WDH! There are no X characters in my address I see where "AustinMN" <Austin260@comcast.net> contributed: >Stay tuned - a deal has been proposed that may keep the parks open, but the >rest of the state government will almost certainly shut down. Hmmmm. . . another unintended consequence of mindless liberal policies comes home to roost! Will Sill The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill Personally I think they should ship their problems overseas like all the conservatives do. Hopefully, they will ship the right winger also. >I see where "AustinMN" <Austin260@comcast.net> contributed: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Will Sill >The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill > Personally I think they should ship their problems overseas like all > the conservatives do. Hopefully, they will ship the right winger > also. Nah, as soon as we agree to overspend even more on education and social programs we'll be back in business and working for half our wages once again. Hey, who says you have to go in the rest stop. Just piss on a politician. No one would know the difference evey if you sh.t on them. They smell worse than sh.t anyways. >> Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among politicians), >> it now appears likely that state parks (and many other non-essential [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Austin > Hey, who says you have to go in the rest stop. Just piss on a > politician. No one would know the difference evey if you sh.t on > them. They smell worse than sh.t anyways. Last time I looked, legislators were still elected by the public. Perhaps the public has some responsibility for the conduct of its government. The state legislators realized that if they PO the populace, there next re-election endeavor will be mighty hard. And closing state parks on the long weekend, will be a major PO! >> Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among >> politicians), it now appears likely that state parks (and many other [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Austin It's a standard strategy, threaten to cut the high profile items. Here in California, whenever the governor publishes his budget, the legislature bellows, we have to cut police, firefighters and library hours. Nothing is ever said of the elected officials salaries. Or their pet projects because nobody cares. In fact we would be happy. Which would you rather see cut, their office staff or an after school program? That's why they always scream that the after school program will be cut. In this case it is campgrounds. Typical. -KM > Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among politicians), > it now appears likely that state parks (and many other non-essential [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Austin > It's a standard strategy, threaten to cut the high profile items. Here in > California, whenever the governor publishes his budget, the legislature [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > school > program will be cut. In this case it is campgrounds. Typical. This isn't a situation where they chose what would hurt; the whole state government is shut down because they haven't passed a budget. Basically, the governor promised "no new taxes" and so the legislature refuses to pass a budget that doesn't have a tax increase. When people arrived with nooses for hanging, an emergency appropriation bill was passed to keep the state parks open. This has been planned for some time. Some of the legislators said they would not be able to reach a deal before the state would have to sh.t down. They said it back in *March*. Austin >This isn't a situation where they chose what would hurt; the whole state >government is shut down because they haven't passed a budget. Basically, >the governor promised "no new taxes" and so the legislature refuses to pass >a budget that doesn't have a tax increase. When people arrived with nooses >for hanging, an emergency appropriation bill was passed to keep the state >parks open. Yep. Every legislator knew that he was risking his career if everyone who'd had a reservation was unable to get into the Parks. It'd be an almost automatic vote against the incumbents in the next election from each of them. It was a true _political_ emergency that got them to vote the appropriations, if you count their careers as important... Cyli r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels. Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. http://www.visi.com/~cyli email: cylise@gmail.com.invalid (strip the .invalid to email) > Due to an ongoing budget crisis (i.e. a power struggle among > politicians), it now appears likely that state parks (and many other > non-essential Minnesota state government operations) will shut down on > Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 4 PM. I have no knowledge of the problems in Minnesota, but I would not be surprised that once again the voters are demanding services for which they do not care to pay. And it is always so easy to gore the OTHER person's program as a frill. We live in a land of no compromise, untold expectations, and penury. We have met the enemy, and he is us. |
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