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| 8241 | 108 | 2nd Annual JerseyLoggers Log Jam '07 | 49 | Tony Mig | Mar 31, 2007 | 2007-03-31T12:10:47-0400 | g-unit wrote: i have never bought one either they still pay me to go but i think it is utterly ridiculous that anywhere thinks they have the right to charge you to walk on the beach. The best thing is they get away with it by claiming its a toll road! Click to expand... The beach tag thing is a hard nut to swallow, but in defense of the municipalities that charge a beach fee, it is a way of spreading the cost of lifegaurds, and beach cleaning to those that use the sand, and not be an added tax burden to the property owners that don't use it. Just look at whats on our beaches these days, the manpower, the stands, surf boats, jet skies, medics, 4X4's, the trucks and equipment used to clean them every morning......the costs are unbelievable..... as far as federal tax dollars being used to pump sand, our federal tax dollars go to pay for many things we don't directly benefit from, like paying mid-western farmers not to grow certain crops, or to build dams on rivers that don't flood our homes. Then there's welfare, food stamps, heating assistance, and all the other entitlements that none of us ever benefit from. I'm not a fan of sand pumping because it's a waste of money, and usually destroys established breaks, and I think the money could be better spent on other projects that would work long term to preserve our beaches....like the geo-tube reefs they are using in New Zealand, the protect the beach from serious errosion, and provide great waves to ride at the same time..... Now that my little rant is over.....back to the business of a longboard contest..... |