09-05-2003, 04:33 AM
Hi Dryrod,
That's what the Long Beach, Huntington Beach city fathers thought when they put in the 25 cents for 15 minute parking meters that have many, many beach areas totally enveloped. Free parking, walk a coupla miles..... good excercise.
Yes, people do pay to swim on the beach. Of course, they must leave the beach before 10pm or face fines and their cars being towed away.
When someone has you convinced that a right (in a traditional context or not) is actually a privlidge, you're half-way on the road to having the activity banned and criminalized all-together. Did I say that?!
JapanRon
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