On 02/07/06, Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > so BW with government > > encouragement have decided that boaters are going to pay a lot more > > in license fees - so much for having cheaper boats. If we end up, a > > couple of years down the line with a 100% hike in fees how many of us > > will be able to afford to boat on BW waters? > > > This argumemt shows the fallacy of the policy of the present CEO of BW to > try to make the organisation independent of Government Grant-in Aid. The > vast majority of users of the waterways are in the categories that can't be > charged directly - not only the direct users that Tony cites (incidentally > he's wrong about fishermen - they do pay if they keep the rules), but also > those who simply enjoy the view from a bridge or the bottom of their garden. > Then there are those who unknowingly benefot from land drainage into the > canals. There is one category that all these users come into - > taxpayers - and it's in that capacity that they can be charged - through > Goverment Grant-in-Aid. > > Mike Stevens > nb Felis Catus III - still at the Ware Festival
Hear, hear No-one can complain at BW making the most of appropriate commercial/development activities (with the right stress on appropriate), but the wayerways are a public good in terms of heritage, environment, leisure and should be supported as such. And it means as boaters being sensitive to other people who use/enjoy the waterways who support them through taxes. -- Nigel Stanley ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
