By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people’s property
“Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the country as governors and legislators are cutting off funds (and shutting off access) to one of the finest, most popular assets owned by the people of our country: State parks.More than 6,600 of these jewels draw some 700 million visitors a year to their grand vistas, historic sites, wildlife, campgrounds, educational centers, and lodges.Parks are literally a tangible expression of America's democratic ideals, common ground for every man, woman, and child to enjoy and experience.For the middle class and the poor – who can’t jet off to luxury resorts for a getaway or vacation – these spaces offer a form of real wealth, something that each of us literally “owns,” knitting us together as a community and nation.
think about this how many of you voted for the things your gov. is doing to you and your fellow citizens?
are you satisfied and complacent with their decisions to set up a totalitarian gov't in your home state ultimately your town as well, denying everybody and everything they can legal or illegal, all the way up to voter suppression, take a stroll through your mind.
Top politicos in most states are closing many of their parks, slashing hours and services at others, or simply handing over the public’s asset to profiteering corporations: Idaho’s governor has proposed eliminating the entire parks department; California shut the gates of a fourth of the state’s parks last year; officials in Arizona and Florida intend to privatize their parks; Washington state has cut off most of its park funding; and Ohio has okayed oil drilling in its parks to replace state financing.
As Woody Guthrie said of outlaws, “Some’ll rob you with a six gun/Some with a fountain pen.” Shutting parks is theft by the in-laws, the political insiders who’re stealing The People’s property – stealing from America itself
planning a family outing? some parks set up Christmas lights and shows does your state have those?
