It took years in Ventura County to make even the simplest modifications to the campground we ran. For example, it took 7 separate permits from the County (each requiring a substantial payment) just to remove a wooden deck that the County inspector had condemned. In order to allow us to temporarily park a small concession trailer in the parking lot, we had to (among other steps) take a soil sample of the dirt under the asphalt of the parking lot. It took 3 years to permit a simple 500 gallon fuel tank with CARB and the County equivalent. The entire campground desperately needed a major renovation but the smallest change would have triggered millions of dollars of new facility requirements from the County that we simply could not afford.
America. Land of the free. It’s definitely time to change wording on the national anthem. We have made full circle back to the Boston tea party. Excessive taxation and regulation with the minor difference being the EPA in place of the British. Good men have died protecting freedom. Too many, or so it seems. That has led to overcrowding at the bottom end of the gene pool and allowed those too wimpy to fight easy access to political gateways that others opened for them. Home of the brave should also be changed to Home of the weenies, whiners and wingnuts. It’s difficult to equate past generations and life expectations with the limp wristed leadership and political correctness embedded in what once was the greatest country on the planet. R.I.P. all who died fighting for freedom. In hindsight you watered down the gene pool to the point where the weak and mentally challenged now dominate the political landscape in all levels of bureaucracy. It’s time to reword the national anthem. Canada too.
I would have just done the work without the involvement of any government, in the dark of night if necessary.
It is easier to obtain forgiveness than permission. Asking weenies for advice on a project is a hideous experience, one made even more onerous when neighbours act as the eyes and ears of the Stasi..er I mean State.
California kissing its tourist industry goodbye.
Hey. It took two years, half a million bucks, four levels of government, and three contractors before they got a public four-holer built in South Glengarry, Ontario.
And no shortage of grinnin’ politicians posin’ for photos when the ribbon was cut. As if it was some kind of victory.
For what it’s worth, Oregon’s state parks are largely run by volunteers whose only payment is free camping including electricity (they pay for their own propane). The parks I visited were immaculate and among the least expensive I’ve encountered. California’s state parks are much more expensive and less well maintained. There is a general air of decline around California; there is litter everywhere along highways including Highway 1 south of San Francisco.
Make work regulations are ubiquitous, it’s not just California.
I’m on Vancouver Island with 5 acres on the side of a mountain- as are all my neighbours. One recently applied for a house building permit and before receiving same, he had to pay to have an ‘environmental inspector’ check the property. Unsurprisingly, the ‘inspector’ found a crow’s nest amongst the forest above where the house was to be built. The home builder was advised that the nest had to be relocated before a permit could be issued, requiring a second visit by said inspector – not to mention the mandatory written reports. Cost? Who knows, maybe a couple hundred or even a thousand dollars?
Hmmm. Based on my twenty years of observation, I’d never have imagined crows were a threatened species in our area.
Shoot all the crows and any other supposedly endangered species and then call the local Enviro-Nazi for the inspection.
Only in California are 33% of Prison Guards (civil servants) placed on unemployment insurance for 4 months of “every year”. They maintain thier retirement status regardless. California has a cheat going for everyone. What state has 33% more employees than they need and pays 33% more in retirement/health benefits? Not sustainable you say!
When the WH changes they will need to follow Detroit.
Contrary to rumor, Ventura county isn’t Hell. But you can see it from there.