fee demo protest that actually works

[forrest_m]

So we pulled into the parking lot at Murrin Provincial Park on Sunday, resigned to paying the $3 parking fee, only to discover that the pay box had been pulled from the ground. A pile of concrete rubble was testimony to the effort the angry taxpayer had gone to. According to the park maintenance guy we talked to, the vandal had then gone on to leave the destroyed mechanism on the front lawn of the government official responsible, but this sounds a bit too good to be true.

 

In any case, for the moment there is no fee to park at Murrin… as always, things are just better in Canada.

[lummox]

great story. but ya know. it aint like im the most savvy hombre around. i dont have a politkal barometer to read the forecast. but i reckon that monkey wrenching federal property here in the united states of america would be fuckin frowned upon 'big time' by them running washington these days. just a hunch.

[forrest_m]

Yeah, well, I would never advocate monkey wrenching here at home. No sir. Absolutely not.

 

Anyway, whose lawn would you leave a Fee Area sign in? Since the program originates in DC, it’s hard to see what effect it would have (as satisfying as it would be to leave a big pile of 'em in the FS district HQ parking lot...) They’d probably give you a ticket regardless of whether there was a sign at the trailhead or not.

[iain]

...and then fine you for littering with the fee box

[lummox]

forrest_m said:

Anyway, whose lawn would you leave a Fee Area sign in?

jon jarvis? he the superintendent of mora?

 

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

DFA and family were up for a day-hike to Burnt Lake this past wknd., and of course there was a sign at the parking area advising one of the need for a NW Forest Pass. "Bollocks to that shite," slurred the Doctor, belching Hamm's bubbles and absentmindedly scratching his hefty package. Offical warning unheeded, the ragtag band of sloggers proceeded to the trailhead just as a rangerette was pulling up and inspecting vehicles, doubtlessly slavering at the thought of writing some citations. "Impudent strumpet," muttered the Doctor as he heaved an empty into the bed of a nearby truck.

 

Moving up the trail, the group discussed the evil Fee Demo program for a while, as well as the possibility of receiving a citation. The issue was soon forgotten, and a fine hike was enjoyed by all. Upon return to the parking area, sure enough, a citation was found under the windshield wiper of the Amazing Subaru, impudently demanding the princely sum of fifty dollars or an undoubtedly inconvenient and tedious court appearance.

 

"Rubbish," cried the Doctor, shaking his mighty fist at the grey sky and unceremoniously stuffing the notice in the center console of the car while beginning to ponder his eventual dark and oily revenge. "Those double-taxing scalawags in DC will certainly be hearing about this," he muttered, cracking a fresh tallboy for the drive home and swerving back to the bustling metropolis of Puddletown.

 

Awakening the next day in a beery fog and remembering the ticket like the taste of last night's burger nudging at the back of one's throat after a fierce bout with the firewater, our Prana-clad protagonist realized that he hadn't the foggiest notion of how to battle this affront to freedom and fiscal policy. Struggling to think of anything but a stout cup of coffee and a fistful of antiemetics, DFA determined that, by jove, he'd simply tap into that vast sea of anti-Forest Pass malcontents skulking under the well-weathered umbrella of cascadeclimbers.com. Surely one of the local revolutionaries would know just the soft spot on the underbelly of the great scaly Fee Demo beast, where a valiant warrior might land a mortal blow against the lumbering terror, and thereby avoid the ignominy of paying an unjust fine.

 

Proceeding cautiously into the shadowy backalleys of the internet, the courageous Dr. Flash Amazing sought out the advice of like-minded mercenaries who had succeeded in their own campaigns against the Feerce Demonster.

 

[iain]

[lummox]

Dr_Flash_Amazing said:

DFA and family were up for a day-hike to Burnt Lake this past wknd., and of course there was a sign at the parking area advising one of the need for a NW Forest Pass. "Bollocks to that shite," slurred the Doctor, belching Hamm's bubbles and absentmindedly scratching his hefty package. Offical warning unheeded, the ragtag band of sloggers proceeded to the trailhead just as a rangerette was pulling up and inspecting vehicles, doubtlessly slavering at the thought of writing some citations. "Impudent strumpet," muttered the Doctor as he heaved an empty into the bed of a nearby truck.

 

Moving up the trail, the group discussed the evil Fee Demo program for a while, as well as the possibility of receiving a citation. The issue was soon forgotten, and a fine hike was enjoyed by all. Upon return to the parking area, sure enough, a citation was found under the windshield wiper of the Amazing Subaru, impudently demanding the princely sum of fifty dollars or an undoubtedly inconvenient and tedious court appearance.

 

"Rubbish," cried the Doctor, shaking his mighty fist at the grey sky and unceremoniously stuffing the notice in the center console of the car while beginning to ponder his eventual dark and oily revenge. "Those double-taxing scalawags in DC will certainly be hearing about this," he muttered, cracking a fresh tallboy for the drive home and swerving back to the bustling metropolis of Puddletown.

 

Awakening the next day in a beery fog and remembering the ticket like the taste of last night's burger nudging at the back of one's throat after a fierce bout with the firewater, our Prana-clad protagonist realized that he hadn't the foggiest notion of how to battle this affront to freedom and fiscal policy. Struggling to think of anything but a stout cup of coffee and a fistful of antiemetics, DFA determined that, by jove, he'd simply tap into that vast sea of anti-Forest Pass malcontents skulking under the well-weathered umbrella of cascadeclimbers.com. Surely one of the local revolutionaries would know just the soft spot on the underbelly of the great scaly Fee Demo beast, where a valiant warrior might land a mortal blow against the lumbering terror, and thereby avoid the ignominy of paying an unjust fine.

 

Proceeding cautiously into the shadowy backalleys of the internet, the courageous Dr. Flash Amazing sought out the advice of like-minded mercenaries who had succeeded in their own campaigns against the Feerce Demonster.

 

fuckin a. talk about mego.

i reckon that you --of all people-- should pay the fuckin fine. and continue to drive while drinking. prolly drink a lot more too when doing it.

btw. do you really use language like 'rubbish' and 'scalaway' and 'strumpet' and shit?

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

Balls to paying the fine! Those tossers'll collect nary a cent of Dr. Flash Amazing's hard-earned unemployment compensation!

 

And what, you got a problem with the Doctor's Limey-inflected speech patterns? Go gag on a banger, you lazy git!

[terrible_ted]

I send them to my congressional representative. I include a note that says, "Please consider this a vote against the Fee Demonstration Project." I don't know if they're paying them for me or what, but I've yet to get any response of any sort.

 

-t

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

terrible_ted said:

I send them to my congressional representative. I include a note that says, "Please consider this a vote against the Fee Demonstration Project." I don't know if they're paying them for me or what, but I've yet to get any response of any sort.

 

-t

 

 

Thanks for the beta; sounds like a good enough plan!

 

Take that, Feerce Demonster!

[iain]

the most bizarre incarnation of this fee program are the signs they had at the Obsidian TH on the west side of the Three Sisters. They had a cute depiction of a dove, but with "FEE AREA" scribed below it.

[iain]

hmm, I guess it's not a dove, but still bizarre:

[lummox]

iain said:

hmm, I guess it's not a dove, but still bizarre:

its a bird. get it? a bird. heres two more:

[snoboy]

forrest_m said:

So we pulled into the parking lot at Murrin Provincial Park on Sunday, resigned to paying the $3 parking fee, only to discover that the pay box had been pulled from the ground. A pile of concrete rubble was testimony to the effort the angry taxpayer had gone to. According to the park maintenance guy we talked to, the vandal had then gone on to leave the destroyed mechanism on the front lawn of the government official responsible, but this sounds a bit too good to be true.

 

In any case, for the moment there is no fee to park at Murrin? as always, things are just better in Canada.

 

[bold mine]

 

Actually said fee box was left on the lawn of the local municipal government... not the ones responsible for the fees. And this is in BC for those who don't know, just a couple miles south of Squamish.

[Dru]

that fee box was pretty heavy too