Here's a recreation fee trend to watch.

You've paid your $50 and bought a National Park Pass. Now you try to use it. You drive up to Mt. Rushmore National Park, slip the pass out of your wallet and are ready to flash it as you enter the park.

Only problem is --- Your National Park Pass doesn't work here (see appended). At Mt. Rushmore, you will have to pay Presidential Parking Inc.  before you can pay your respects to Presidents Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington

If in frustration and disgust you pull out of the parking lot and try to park along the adjacent public highway --- think again. Roadside parking has been banned anywhere in the  area and South Dakota's State Police will do whatever it takes to ensure that Presidential Parking Inc. gets paid.

Unbelievable? Not at all. Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington forewarned us long ago.

Scott

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? - Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. -Abraham Lincoln

"The end of democracy, and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of the lending institutions and moneyed incorporations." -Thomas Jefferson

"Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."  -Theodore Roosevelt

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst. -George Washington

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National Parks Pass

The National Parks Pass and the Golden Eagle Hologram make your trip to our national parks more convenient, because they provide an alternative to paying entrance or use fees for every visit. The fees for these passes are used to conserve our nation’s land, wildlife, waterways and historical sites, as well as for the development, maintenance and improvement of visitor services and recreation opportunities.

HOWEVER: There is STILL an $8 parking fee assessed at Mount Rushmore to offset expenses for the construction, operation and maintenance of the parking facility managed by Presidential Parking, Inc. No federal funding was used for this project. Thus, federal passports -- even the National Parks Pass which features Mount Rushmore -- are not applicable for parking.

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