Crow Wing County Board Chair Paul Thiede has announced an effort to keep vacationers coming to the Brainerd lakes area during the current state government shutdown.
“The potential for the state shutdown to have a significant impact on our tourism economy is real,” Thiede said in a statement. “Since receiving a call from an Iowa resident who had been headed to Gull Lake for a fishing vacation it’s clear how tenuous are some of the reservations our resorts and businesses depend upon.”
Thiede indicated he would offer a resolution at Tuesday’s county board meeting to support and urge the DNR to implement immediately a temporary practice of allowing currently non-licensed anglers to fish in the Brainerd lakes area under an honor system. These anglers would need to commit to obtaining a fishing license after-the-fact when the state computers are up and running again.
The proposed resolution urges the state to “utilize any available emergency resources to make this information known to the public both within and outside of the state of Minnesota as soon as possible in order to avoid cancellation of vacation plans and help preserve this vital segment of our economy in these unusual circumstances.”
“In speaking with other county officials, I know that we are not alone in this predicament and that is why when the county board meets on July 12 we intend to have the issue on the agenda,” Thiede said in a statement.
Comments (12)
Add commentNice try Paul
But no one is working to hear your request!
With the exception of CO's, they are all laid off, even the commissioner told employees he would not be working.
Furthermore, all are under orders to not conduct any work while on layoff status.
Nice try Paul
But no one is working to hear your request!
With the exception of CO's, they are all laid off, even the commissioner told employees he would not be working.
Furthermore, all are under orders to not conduct any work while on layoff status.
Sleeper you'd fit right in...
With your politician buddies, right down to the acid tongue and party-motivated speech.
Either you are believing spin fed to you by Tony and cronies or you know the truth...either way isn't terribly flattering.
Numerous news reports stated that Dayton is paying their salaries out of his own pocket until a budget agreement is reached.
Thiede says Resolutions are worthless
{“Thiede indicated he would offer a resolution at Tuesday’s county board meeting to support and urge the DNR…”}
May 24th CWC Board meeting – CWC Board Chair Thiede stated:
“In 30 years of politics, most of the resolutions that are ever passed are about as worth as much as the paper they are printed on.”
Commissioner Thiede, I sincerely hope that your proposed resolution falls as flat for your fishing friend in Iowa, as did the May 24th resolution did for the citizens of Crow Wing County.
Perhaps then, the folderol you provide with your continuous lip service, will sink its teeth in your own flesh very deep.
Click on link, go to current Board meetings and go to 5/24/11 meeting and click on minutes...listen for yourselves.
http://www.co.crow-wing.mn.us/county_government/county_board/agendas_and...
Jeff Czeczok
fishing soluton
Being the state is shut down then the next rung on the ladder is county. Have the county issue a fishing permit or have the lakes area counties form a region and issue a regional permit. The money generated from sales go to the county that the permit was sold in.
another idea
State Native Americans have hunting and fishing rights granted to them from past treaties. Why couldn't they issue fishing permits for waters within reservation lands?
what a joke
. The state workers laid off do nothing except collect money. Thus said worrying whether you have a license so youcan fish or not on land you are part owner of is a joke.
Of course you can fish, we all cooperatively own all state lands, go fishing the license doesn't make you a better fisherman or a safer one. Its just another tax, unjust albight causing hardship for people who live off earths critters.
State Parks--Just go and camp in, we're all part owners if we all fill the parks there not gonna become violent or have criminal activity. Very little will change except curfew hour. We are MN's and we will see that without the law of government we will function quite harmoneiously, mayber even better than with the repressive King George like tax policies sucking my money dry and wasting it on junk.
modern society
In a post-modern society we are so well-behaved law becomes unnecessary except for white-collar criminals like our Robin Hoodesque governor who doesn't which side of a shovel is made for digging because of the golden spoon stuck in mouth since day 1.
Liberals say crimes are social problems, lets just do away with the whole thing..
You think after 200 years of MN we all know the laws enough to obey them without a guy with a big gun looking over your shoulder like your a criminal then takes your gun and 4-wheeler for putting some meat on the dinner during unemployement times then throws you in jail for poaching and the judge says we have welfare for people without jobs but putting your own food on the table, now thats illegal and a horrible act.
Need to watch the news ecocafemx
Within days of the shutdown, a number of state parks were vandalized and burglarized. Big story that I think was carried by the dispatch too. Last I heard 12 or more were arrested.
We may know the law and be good citizens ourselves--problem is things like announcements that facilities are closed and unstaffed bring out the worst, and yes we have them too.
windy hills
Nice try, 12 arrests at state campgrounds is probably still less than patrolled parks during normal non-government shutdowns..
Obviously you don't trust the majority of MN's to do the right thing when it comes to behaving on their own cooperatively owned property.. so sad, where's the faith..