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So of course I see another storm brewing here. And I sit back and think to myself didn't this all come up a few years ago????

It was 3 or 4 years ago we went through this dam process with swim rafts and then it all disappeared. Well now it is back again. Now what concerns me here, is not that it has come up again. Or that it has come up again at all. Personally I look at this like a morning. I have always wondered why I had to get a morning permit but didn't have to worry about a a swim raft. It never made a sense.

The bigger question is why did this go away and now come up again. My guess is that there is someone high up in the world that has a neighbor that is ticking him off with a swim raft.... whether that it a big and ugly inflatable job, or just located poorly who knows. but the bottom line is this. Most of these laws come about because of complaints. The marine patrol, and the legislature gets tired of hearing them, and finally someone high enough up the food chain complains and bingo we get a new law.

So what is the bottom line. People especially neighbors need to talk to each other. For goodness sake, if your nieghbor puts a swim raft out that may be a hazard say something to him.... if it effects you say something to him. You don't have to be rude, or obnoxious, you just have to talk about it.

The reason, this country is turning into such a nanny state is because people can't and will not talk to each other anymore. People didn't have problems years ago because they talked. I have great nieghbors at the lake.... do we talk every weekend no.... do we all know each other YES!!!!.... are any of us afraid to approach each other about something??? NO!!!!.... why... because we all want to make our slice of heaven enjoyable.

I noticed a few years ago that some neighbors where doing somethings like fertilizing with fertilizers containing phosphorous.... no I didn't run over and yell and scream and tell them they were killing the lake.... but one afternoon while visiting and talking we got on the subject of kids getting rashes... which they immediately blamed on duck itch.... which I agreed with, and I also noted, not pointing any fingers that with all the new lawns in the area fertilizers may be causing some issues too.... The inquired as to what in fertilizers might not be good for the lake, I informed them, and they listened to what I had to say, and thanked me for the information.

I didn't point fingers, I didn't blame, I talked, I informed,..... people need to socialize... neighborhoods, need to become neighborhoods again.