Dave wrote:

I'd have no problem imposing much of the costs of maintaining the waterway
on those communities that benefit from it, and letting them figure out
either how to recoup the costs from actual users or whether they want to
have their residents provide a subsidy to encourage users to come. But I
think the benefit to the resident of an Arizona desert is too remote to
require him to pay for the yachtis' pleasures.

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.

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