Ok, have we finally had enough? I am going to start figuring out what I can do to start organizing. It might have to start out small, simple and free. I am thinking maybe start with a Facebook page until I can figure out the logistics of a website. I need to figure out how to have a free one and I know there are several options out there. But I also need to incorporate some sort of sign up so there is membership that can be contacted and mobilized.
A couple notes on this story. First, they id not close all the accesses to the lake, they went from 8 down to 1 on Melissa. Their reasoning is that it is so it is easier to inspect. To which I answer, they have no authority to inspect. It might make them feel like they are not infringing on people’s rights, but the fact is they are making it harder to access lakes.
It makes me sick how local and state authorities allow people to do this without weighing the fun of recreation against the burden that they create for people.
Hyperbole – “We don’t want to get like Pelican where people have to wear boots to get in the lake to swim.”
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“The problem is getting people to commit time,” Jensen said.
Jenson said there are more than 400 people living around Lake Melissa. But last summer only he and his son volunteered to work at the public access.
“They’re busy doing something else,” he said. “It doesn’t seem to concern them.”
Knopf said he suspects people along the lake think elected officials will take care of the problem.
“I think maybe 30 or 40 years ago they would have had more people volunteering to step to the plate,” Knopf said. “Anymore, you know, the world has gotten more passive in some ways and we like to place blame on government.”
Maybe it is because you are in the minority and most people don’t believe in your tactics? Talk about self righteousness.
He was pretty honest in part of the article..
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Knopf, the township supervisor, is concerned that if zebra mussels infest the lake, lake property will be worth less, and that means fewer property tax dollars for the township to use on road maintenance.
“As a township we have an environmental reason and a financial reason to save the lakes for the recreational value,” he said.
This really is the bottom line for these people who are hitching a ride, so to speak, no the AIS bandwagon to get their agendas through.
Archies Army 
….probably never even crosses their mind!