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Location: Neenah, WI | I have had conversations with the county parks Dept., my county board rep. and the park ranger. They are all on my side and are working together to try and make the ticket go away. The ranger told me that he has told the cops not to ticket vehicles on the grass as long as they don't interfere with the lawn mowing operations. They don't cut on weekends. The ranger checks all of the county landings and said that it's typical for all to be full by early norning. What should we do, stay home? If a guy is working 11-7 and can't get there until 8 or so he's out of luck? On Wed, Thur, Fri. I took pictures down there of vehicles parked on the grass with no tickets.
Flyman, you sound like a typical cop. Your statement about going the wrong way in traffic has nothing to do with the issue.
Nextweekend is the Otter St. tournament and tons of people will be prefishing. The grass will be parked full. Maybe they should all be ticketed. That way we can have a couple of hundred people waving tickets at the next county board meeting. I live on county rd. A and judging from the number of trailers that have gone by, they're parking on the grass already and it's only about 7 A.M. I'm busy today and can't go fishing but I've got time to snap a few pictures. By the way, Im trying to keep license plates out of the photos. |
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| Make sure you have the date/time stamp on your camera, when you're taking pictures, that way when you present them to the court (or whoever) you'll be able to see when they were taken. |
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| Mr.Flyman in a few of your post your do alot of bringing up things that have nothing to do with Dale's original post for example engine trouble and going back to the person who build it or waiting in line at a grocery store .......etc.None of these are valid points nor do they have anything to do with the issue. Quite frankly your talk is void with any meaning or merit and most importantly you lack any understanding what message that is trying to be made here by local fellow fisherman. |
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Location: Manitowoc WI | Just got another ticket out of brotherstown. paid and displayed properly. rear drivers side window properly dated and filled out.. I must be doing something wrong.. or they just like writing me tickets...??!! anyone else have problems out of brotherstown!? |
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Location: Neenah, WI | Just an update. I've got a court date for July 25th. |
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| Go get them dale! |
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| Dale, take this report with ya, it should help in your fight!
Winnebago system generated 170,000 people to visit the system last year. Maybe the town needs to invest in more access!!!!!!!!!
http://www.wluk.com/common/article.shtml?article_id=115193216202204...
Good Luck
Tyee
Edited by tyee 7/3/2006 9:00 PM
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| I like it when people won't leave a screen name and come on the forums and put in their two cents and don't have what it takes to let people know who they are. And to people who like to respond that is a typical cop answer and this and that about how cops are....I am not responding representing law enforcement, I am giving my opinion. Disagreeing with my opinion I can respect because that is the point of discussion, but categorizing my answer by my occuptaion is a little over the top. And if you look at all my answers I did say the amount of the fine was over what it should be and there should be signs outlining no parking on the grass. My only point was just because there isn't a sign saying you can't do something caution should be taken. FLY |
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| Would like to know who put the note on my truck at the 24th St landing in Oshkosh on Tuesday night which said "PLEASE PARK ON THE GRASS." Apparently it was someone who doesn't know how back a truck and trailer.
Sometimes you wish you had a camera to catch these idiots. |
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| Dale, If they were smart they'd lock you up and throw away the key heheheh  Good Luck in court, Buddy. |
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| actually they probably ment to back your trailer onto the grass next to the tracks. this gives more room to manuever and back in trailers. This is common practice at this launch |
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| Hey Guest,
Apparently you did not read this thread or know what the city of Oshkosh ordinances are. There is a $131 fine for parking on the grass, that is not just for boat launches either. The ordinance was basically created to curb college students from using their rental house yards for parking lots years back. The ordinance can be enforced on any city owned or private property within the city limits.
I use this landing 3-4 times weekly and what you call common practice is not going to cut it when you get fined. I agree that we should be able to back on the grass but this is not the law so you deal with it.
I have only once seen a car parked in the handicapped spot so boaters can use those two spots to pull up and back in.
If people don't like it then use a different landing or learn to back a trailer.
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| Good Luck tomorrow Dale let us know what happens, or did you settle out of court?? hahaha
P.S. If it helps take this along and tell them they won't ever get another dime from me untill they start taking care of them, policing themselves and join a coalition for a single system launch fee!
Tyee
Edited by tyee 7/24/2006 9:44 PM
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Location: Neenah, WI | I ran into a problem with my work schedule and won't be going until next Tues. I'll keep you posted. |
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| i actually got a ticket a few years ago at the launch because i put the stub on the dash. i called the oshkosh people to complain about it. to my surprise they dropped the ticket and to make matters even more surprising i am from illinois! hahahaah i thought for sure they were gonna post my picture in the daily northwestern! heheheh  |
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| Whats the stat?
Dale - 7/25/2006 6:11 PM
I ran into a problem with my work schedule and won't be going until next Tues. I'll keep you posted. |
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Location: Neenah, WI | I went and entered a not guilty plea and have a court date for 9/6. I'm hoping that I'll get it thrown out at my pre trial meeting. |
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