I wonder what it is those visitors get from coming to the lake. What is their purpose. They say recreation. Rest and recreation. But they don’t look like they’re resting, and they seem the same when they leave as they were when they arrived. The ones at the bay are different. They don’t stay long, they visit the casino, they definitely don’t rest, and they usually leave with less cash. I suppose that’s a purpose of sorts.
Climbed the North side today. From up there you can see the whole lake, and east all the way down to the bay. There’s no line I can see where our land ends and the Parks land begins, except on the maps they sell in the Parks gift shop. Nothing out there dividing the bay from the lake, apart from those maps. Fred says that’s a good thing because it’s all paperwork, and paperwork can be changed by more paperwork. So we should be good neighbors, without lines or fences, while we do the paperwork.
Tomorrow I will address the council meeting. There’s talk of a new person coming to ‘operate’ the lake. I want to know how the council feels about Parks operating the lake, standing between the lake and the visitors, turning its value into cash for the government while it keeps us out. Operating the lake cannot be any source of pride, I wonder why this new person would want to do it.
I’ll ask whether there’s any paperwork we can produce that will give this person, and Parks, something else to do instead. Something more reasonable, something instead to be proud of.
