I must have missed the resolution, but it appears that there is now free camping in Dane County Parks – perhaps its just a little celebration of Earth Day?
I just sent a thank you note to the county . . . regarding the matter I blogged about this morning.
to parisi, marsh, connors.kevin, county_board_r., kostelic, om, park-commission,
cc Mayor, Joe, mahoneyThank you for allowing the campers at Lake Farm Park to camp for free. The money was returned for the third time today. It is very generous of you to return the money for Saturday and Sunday evening’s camping. I guess you don’t need our $102 plus the $17 from the new camper that was in our vicinity. I’m so pleased you have finally come around to our side and agree that homeless people should be able to camp for free in the Dane County Parks when there are no other paying customers. I’m surprised you could do this unilaterally without passing a resolution through the Parks Commission or County Board, but I appreciate your generous offer.
Is there any limit to the number of people who can stay in the parks for free? Should we just start telling all the homeless folks that they can come join us? Or is this an offer that is only for Occupy Madison? How will you determine who is a member of our group and who is not? Can anyone and everyone now camp for free in the Dane County Parks, or are there some rules we should be aware of?
Brenda
p.s. Since the folks camping at Lake Farm Park have not been banned temporarily or permanently and have received no warnings or tickets, I’m not even sure if I’m being sarcastic or this is what is really happening. A little communication on this matter would be freaking awesome! Again, just let me know if you need me to put up a tent so you can talk to me or return my emails. The silence is deafening.
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