I WORKED IN YOSEMITE VALLEY FOR 10 YEARS, FROM 1974 TO 1984, SO BESIDES LOVING JOHN MUIR'S CATHEDRAL, I HAVE SOME MORE THAN PASSING CAR TOURIST INSIGHT,,,
SO WHY DOES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,,, AND THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERMENT,,,AND THE MAIN PARK CONCESSIONAIRE DELAWARE NORTH,,,WANT TO RAISE PRICES IN YOSEMITE SO DRASTICALLY AND REMOVE MANY OF THE LOWER PRICED ACCOMODATIONS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF KEEPING HARD WORKING AMERICAN CITIZENS, THE WORKING POOR AND THE STILL DECLINING MIDDLE CLASS, FROM VISITING AND ENJOYING ONE OF THE BEST NATIONAL PARKS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES,,,?
WELL, IT IS JUST A GUESS, BUT I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO BLAME THE PARTY OF THE RICH, THE REPUBLICANS, AND THE PARTY THAT HAS FORGOTTEN THE NON-RICH, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PARTY.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, THAT TAKE IN ABOUT 60 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FROM WELL INTENTIONED MOSTLY FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP THE NPS DOUBLE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE PARKS AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT BY THE GREATER PUBLIC, AND YET HAVE THEIR MONEY SPENT BY A BOARD OF RICH SPOILED BASTARDS, YES I HAVE MET THEM, WHO SUBVERT THIS WELL-INTENTIONED HUGE DONATION TO A STATED CAUSE OF "ELIMINATING CARS FROM YOSEMITE COMPLETELY", WHEN THEY KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT AND UNFUNDABLE FROM A RED INK FEDERAL STANDPOINT, BUT SEEM TO HAVE THE UNSPOKED DESIRE TO RETURN YOSEMITE TO THE EXCLUSIVE, VS INCLUSIVE, PLAY GROUND OF THE RICH,,,MID-PRICE LODGING AT YOSEMITE LODGE IS BEING REMOVED AND INEXPENSIVE ACCOMODATIONS OF THE 2 BEST CAMPGROUNDS, UPPER AND LOWER RIVER HAVE ALREADY BEEN PERMANENTLY CLOSED, AND MORE AT CURRY VILLAGE ARE TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE " THEY ARE ON A NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN" WHEN THE VALLEY FLOOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN !, WITH OR WITHOUT THE WHITE MAN DYNAMITING THE NATURAL TERMINAL MORAINE AT EL CAPITAN, OR THE RECENT REMOVAL OF THE POWER DAM JUST BELOW BRIDALVEIL FALLS AT THE JUNCTION OF HWY 140 AND 120,,,YOU DON'T SEE ANY REMOVAL OF CABINS BEHIND THE EXPENSIVE AHWAHNEE HOTEL THAT ARE ON THE VALLEY'S NATURAL FLOOD PLAIN, DO YOU, RICH BASTARDS ?
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME OUR CALLOUS AND HEARTLESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN IT'S CURRENT ADMINISTRATION,,,THE YNP GATE FEE JUMPED SEVERAL YEARS BACK FROM $5 /CAR TO $20/CAR IN ONE HUGE STEP,,,MONEY SIPHONED OFF THE WASH,D.C., NO DOUBT,,,AND MONEY TO KEEP THE WORKING POOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AND SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT ANYMORE AWAY,,,
PLUS OTHER PRICES INSIDE YOSEMITE ARE SKYROCKETING ,NOT THAT THE 20-30 % RICH BASTARDS OF THE "UNITED" STATES WOULD EVEN FEEL IT,,,A BREAKFAST AT THE AHWAHNEE HOTEL OF PANCAKES USE TO BE AN AFFORDABLE TREAT FOR THE AMERICAN CASH UNDERCLASSES AT LESS THAN $12-15,,,,NOW IT IS ABOUT $20 IF YOU JUST ORDER PANCAKES, THE CHEAPEST ITEM ON THE BREAKFAST MENU,AND FREE TAP WATER,,,OUTRAGEOUS ELITISM !! THERE HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES THESE NPS-INAPPROPRIATE SIGNS INSIDE THE AHWAHNEE HOTEL THAT THE "HOTEL IS FOR THE HOTEL GUESTS",,,AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ALLOW THIS CODDLING OF THE RICH, WHEN WE SHOULD BE TAXING THE HECK OUT OF THEM AND THOSE SCURRILOUS "AMERICAN" CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO AVOID ALL FEDERAL TAXES BY MOVING THEIR HEADQUARTERS OVERSEAS/OFFSHORE TO CORRUPT BURMUDA OR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS,,,
LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO BLAME THE REGISTER AND NOT REGISTERED AMERICAN VOTER FOR BEING SO LAZY WITH ITS CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBLITY,SPENDING ALL ITS FOCUS ON MAKING MONEY AND SELFFISH PERSUITS OR TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND FORGETTING TO VOTE RESPONSIBLY EVERY TIME AND TAKE CARE OF THIS GOVERNMENT OF THE RICH, BY THE RICH, FOR THE RICH REVOLUTION THREAT TO OUR AMERICAN PUBLIC DEMOCRACY.
PLEASE, WAKE UP AMERICA, AND SMELL THE RICH ROTTING OF OUR TREASURES AND ACCESS TO SPECIAL PLACES LIKE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
WE MAY BE A NATION OF WANTA- BE -RICH BUT WORKING POOR AND MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLES, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE NOT SUCCUMBED TO THE SICK ANTI-DEMOCRACY ELITISM OF COUNTRIES LIKE ENGLAND AND INDIA, WHERE THERE ARE THE RICH AND THE "UNTOUCHABLE" COMMON WORKERS ,WITH LITTLE OR SHRINKING MIDDLECLASSES.
