On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:00:20 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:48:21 -0400, Wayne.B penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:38:23 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Still, that said, busting people for having an open can of beer
anywhere aboard a boat seems extreme.

Especially on a canoe which is in no possible way a "motor vehicle".

Depends on how the local law is written of course but I'd like to see
them fight it out in court.

No point in trying to fight the tax collectors.... that is really 98%
of the intent of that sort of law.

Heh - as much as I would like to debate this with you, I would do so
from a position of extreme weakness.

I once asked a local legislator just how much time was spent on
debating the necessity of any particular piece of public safety
legislation vs considering the financial aspect of any particular
piece of public safety legislation.

He said the revenue portion (that's exactly how he put it - not
penalty/fine portion) is about 50% of any legislative debate when it
comes to public safety.

I'd lose the argument before we even got started. :)