{"id":9288,"date":"2010-11-01T12:17:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2010-11-01T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T20:21:06","slug":"vote-yes-on-prop-21-park-free-at-tamarack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=9288","title":{"rendered":"Vote Yes On Prop 21, Park Free At Tamarack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_7495.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_7495.jpg','popup','width=1000,height=750,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_7495-tm.jpg\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Img 7495\" \/><\/a>As you head to your polling place tomorrow be aware that one particular ballot measure would directly benefit <em>Carlsbadistan<\/em> residents.  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov\/propositions\/21\/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 21<\/a><\/strong> would raise money for California\u2019s state parks and beaches by adding an  $18 license registration fee to all vehicles registered in the state of California.  In exchange drivers of these vehicles would get free state park day use.<\/p>\n<p>This means that only the tourists would have to pay to park at Tamarack , and residents could go back to their morning surf or beachside stroll without the parking hassle.  Hopefully it would also mean cleaner bathrooms, more lifeguards, and better maintained state parks.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, we\u2019re a beach town in a state that relies heavily on tourist revenues to stay fiscally afloat.  It is in our best interest to keep our beaches clean, safe, and well maintained. With trying economic times more families are hitting to road to go camping at a state park or spend the day at a local beach.  California small businesses  that  depend on revenue from these visitors would benefit from a more stable funding source for California\u2019s State Parks.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hoping Prop 21 passes, because it\u2019s much easier to schlep three kids, beach chairs, boogie boards, and sand toys from a parking space next to the beach.<\/p>\n<p><em>Carlsbadistan resident <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyadventureguidebooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Smith<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em> is the author of <\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/product\/paperback\/the-unauthorized-legoland-guidebook\/4176853\" target=\"_blank\">The Unauthorized Legoland Guidebook<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you head to your polling place tomorrow be aware that one particular ballot measure would directly benefit Carlsbadistan residents. Proposition 21 would raise money for California\u2019s state parks and beaches by adding an $18 license registration fee to all vehicles registered in the state of California. In exchange drivers of these vehicles would get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9288"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9294,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288\/revisions\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}