Fee for Kayaks

[Orion]

Originally Posted by jmen24

I also agree that if F&G was in a pinch financially that the purchase of Downing's, should have never been brought to the table. The idea of having a free state launch on Winni is a great one, but this should have been tabled until the funds could have been raised and perhaps at that point another location could have been looked into, if Downing's was no longer available.

This type of thinking is distorted, but it is also the mindset of many of our neighbors! Buying more than you can cover with existing income!

Winni had the perfect pay for play launch site that didn't cost the taxpayers a dime, in fact it paid taxes! It was called Ames Farm.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by Orion

Winni had the perfect pay for play launch site that didn't cost the taxpayers a dime, in fact it paid taxes! It was called Ames Farm.

....and it's a safe assumption(?) that Ames Farm continues to pay huge property taxes to the Town of Gilford even after losing its boat launch business due to a zoning issue brought to bear by a neighbor-abutter attorney????

...it was pretty usual for the NH Fish & Game to set up a fish inspection station at Ames .....during the fishing tournaments for bass or trout/salmon