Seems to me that's exactly Glenn's point: end the government subsidy and if
those communities don't ante up, the lakes would deteriorate.
Your words suggest it's OK for payments from these lake communities to be
voluntary.
Don't pick on only the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway..

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:11:51 -0500, Glenn Ashmore
said:

Following that line of reasoning maybe the Corps and the BLM should
close down lakes Alamo, Apache, Abiquiu, Avalon, Brantley, Cabello,
Cochiti, Cinchas, Galisteo, Havasu, Jemez Canyon, Sumner and the other
250+ recreational lakes they maintain west of Colorado that us folks
back East don't get much benifit from. After all, their budget totals
about 40 times what the ICW costs and they don't carry freight.

Wrong. Following that line of reasoning those benefiting from those lakes
should pay the freight for maintaining them. If the surrounding
communities
believe a subsidy is appropriate to encourage local businesses, let them
pay
that subsidy.