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Proposed Campground Law Draws Resort Owners Ire
Resort owners say the ordinance changes would cripple local tourism Reporter: Mark PovolnyEmail Address: mark.povolny@weau.com |
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This is obviously an attempt to bring more money to the local town government. The local government may consider being careful playing with fire. Chetek has a good thing going for it. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
I think it is time for Barron County to replace everyone on the board. This is simply a money grab.
i think the goverment should start worrying about more important stuff. wisconsin is famous for their resorts and lakes. why limit the resorts? i think they are abusing there power once again.
Another case of too much government. If it isn't broke - and it certainly appears that it's working fine now - don't try to fix it. They must have some bigger fish to fry!
Someone wants to force out campers in the area. This is just an abuse of power and over the top local Government. To state public saftey as a reason is a joke if there was no problems before. I swear they just look for things to screw with to make themseleves look important or something.
thank you for the coverage but one point was sorely missed in your report. Mr brinkman DID NOT answer specific questions put to him. His reply was always vague. This planning commission has been working on this for 2 yrs and I know they have largely ignored comments from the campground owners to the point they did not want to waste any more time when it appeared the discussion would be one sided only. As the prior chairman stated at the end of the meeting " I thought this was a dead dog". It is no wonder that folks like myself and other resort owners/campgrounds owners see this as an anti business proposal. The next planning comm meeting is the 5th at 7pm and the 10th of July is the town board hearing.
If campers stayed out of Baron County, they would soon feel the economic impact. Adams county has several nice campgrounds that will accvept them.
I don't think this makes any sence for anyone except that local gov. pockets. With the cost of gas & cost of camp sites now alot of us can't afford to go camping very often as it is this would add more cost . I may as well drive my little car & stay in a motel where they do all the work & miss out on all the fresh air & meeting of new people & sharing stories. I REALLY hope this does NOT happen
Greed plain and simple. To try and get more money they will, in fact, be losing in the long run as resorts shut down.
I think they should leave the resorts & campgrounds alone You want Wisconsin to have alot of tourist. But it won't happen if they have to pay extra fees to camp with the gas prices being so high. We for one have dropped alot of our camping plans because of the gas prices. Now you want to add extra fee's so the county can make extra monies. If this happens you will probably find yourself loosing and campgrounds etc. and probably jobs and people will move on to other state. Think about it. Tourisim is down already this year. They say alot of people traveled during the 4th of July week but according to the WEAU Poll 79 percent said they had no plans to travel.