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mikestock
May 19, 2016Explorer
I applaud you for wanting to tilt at the windmill however you are dealing with a government agency and government agency's do not listen to anyone or even answer to anyone.
There are ways to accomplish changes. One COE park we frequent has a hard and fast rule that the gate is locked at 10 PM.
This has always been a problem on certain Saturday nights after late SEC football games nearby. On those weekends the park is almost 100% occupied by fans. There was no way to make it back by 10 PM after a night game. I, among others, have talked to the area manager of the COE district and tried to offer suggestions for these rare nights which occur, maybe, 3 times a year. I even offered to give them a combination lock to interlock with their chain lock and give campers the combination. Easily change the combination each time. The manager discussed it with me on the phone and told me that sometime in the distant past they used a combination lock and the combination got out to a rowdy group who got into the park and caused problems. I asked him how having a combination lock there for 3 nights a year with a new combination each time could be problematic. He just said "NO". Suggested I bring two vehicles (from 150 miles away) to the park and leave one at the gate. The nearest campsite to the gate is 0.8 miles away from the gate and there is absolutely no lighting. The area is wooded and snakes are plentiful.
I wrote a hand written letter to my US congressman about the problem and how impossible it was for me and my 70 year old, handicapped, wife to deal with this.
My congressman worked wonders. Changes were quickly implemented to allow someone to keep the office open for two hours after the games end. So the "windmill" can be tilted if the right people get involved.
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