WEYCO Permits for St. Helens & Longview Going Up To $300 This Year

[pianoman9701]

Some of this sounds like Bernie. Tax the hell out of the 1%.

Anyway I grew up hunting what is now Hancock. When I first started hunting there it was Champion and before that I believe Saint Regis. I didn't hunt there during that time but my uncle did and my grandma and grandpa both worked for Saint Regis. Back in those days there was public access but there was not vehicle access. That was in the 80's I believe. When I started hunting you could buy a year pass for $165, a 10 day for $55, a 3 day pass and a one day pass. Not once that I'm aware of for the last 30+ years have they allowed full unrestricted access.

And the nice thing is there isn't a bunch of garbage, or trash, or any of the bs that is in areas where there is free unrestricted access. Also Hancock pays game wardens  overtime to patrol their property.

So here is a question for those in the know since it sounds like a lot of the guys on this thread where there when they signed the tax break into law and saw the back room handshake that says they will only get a tax break if they allow public access for recreational use. Why did Saint Regis go to restricted access so soon after the handshake was made?

Regards, Branden

How about taxing everyone equally instead of giving the 1% the biggest break? I don't want them to pay more than me, just the same amount.

So if you own timberland you don't get a tax break on it? I did not know there was language written into the law that says only the top 1% get a tax break. Could you please bring that part of the law up and show me where it states that? Thanks.

And again could somebody please answer this question? For those in the know since it sounds like a lot of the guys on this thread where there when they signed the tax break into law and saw the back room handshake that says they will only get a tax break if they allow public access for recreational use. Why did Saint Regis go to restricted access so soon after the handshake was made?

Regards, Branden

You're the one who brought up Bernie and the 1%, not me. You explain it. 

[bowbuild]

You and I have to pay taxes based on fair market value. WEYCO should, as well.

Actually I get a big tax break for keeping 5+ acres in timber production - and its posted no trespassing like thousands of other small landowners and farmers in this state enjoying these tax incentives.

I figured you were connected to timber somehow. But, as many of us have stated in the past, a change in the tax laws regarding the timber industry should only affect owners of 5K acres or more. The little guys shouldn't have to pay the price for WEYCO's bait and switch tactics.

This is the craziest most discriminatory thing I have ever heard. "I want my tax break, but also want access to the guys land that owns more than I so lets take his tax break away if he doesn't let me on it". Should make no difference if a person owns 5 acres or a million, they should pay whatever the timber rate tax is per acre. What's next, you going to want to charge the guy that owns a dozen rigs more gas tax at the pump and pay a lover rate yourself because you only own two?

No gas tax, but he does not get a break on tabs because he has more rigs does he?