The outspoken Minnesota governor has been dogged by his comments about religion and suicide in an interview with Playboy magazine.
- Ventura Sez Wife’s Among Church Feebs, New York Daily News, October 11, 1999.
2. For years, the Grahams had driven from their home in Nyack, N.Y., availed themselves of the free weekend parking at the Tarrytown train station, then taken the train into Manhattan. But this spring, the village of Tarrytown began charging nonresidents $8 to park on Yankee Stadium game days – a fee that startled, and infuriated, the Grahams.
“It’s ridiculous – we’re supposed to keep track of when the Yankees are playing?” said Kelsey Graham. “Every time you turn around, the government is charging you for something. It’s just another way to nickel-and-dime people.”
His lament is hardly unique. With the economy floundering and tax revenues falling, governments and public authorities have tried to patch holes in their tattered budgets by charging new or higher fees for a broad range of services – including taking a civil service exam and operating a nuclear power plant.
The purpose of the many microcharges is to help avoid, or at least limit, broader tax increases. But with escalating fees for things like tanning bed inspections, pistol permits and marriage certificates, daily life can start to seem like a labyrinth of public-sector panhandlers.
There are increased payments required from cradle (birth certificates) to grave (plots in municipal cemeteries); in the workplace (licenses for private investigators, lifeguards and tax preparers) and at leisure spots (entrances to parks and public golf courses).
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