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Yep , Bill summed it up good. Without a detailed planned for what will happen to the money , its just a big rip off. Tell me that 100% will go back into the resource and I'm all for the license.
Tell me that all license fees will be put into an account that cannot be touched except to buy coastal land as it becomes available.(Wouldn't it be great if all the fishing license money was sitting in an account right now so we could buy Quonsett and Rocky Point and make them public land.)
Tell me the money will be used to mark and maintain and publish the whereabouts of public rights of way to access the shore.
There are a lot of good things that could be done with the money. There are endless ways the money can be wasted in the general fund. Fishpart has it right. If you want to raise taxes , raise the taxes so i can vote you out next year. Don't pick my pocket by imposing fees.
So anyway , I guess I'm against a saltwater license unless the money is kept seperate to benefit the utilization of the resource by Joe Average Guy.
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