TRPA Steps up Enforcement

Our dear friends at TRPA are at it again: smashing a moth with the proverbial sledgehammer. To wit- a boat-towing tourist--THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE TAHOE BASIN- was fined $5,000 for launching his ski boat w/o the required inspection last summer. The 29 yr. old owner would have suffered a higher fine, but that was the total of all his available funds. I wonder what they would have fined Larry Ellison? No doubt a figure north of a million dollars. You have to love these power mad bureaucrats: reason nor justice are found anywhere near their thinking. They are on a mission, as they have been for the forty years of their miserable existence: we shall prevail at any and all cost, nothing will stand in our way. Sounds a bit like a Frankenstein monster with unlimited power supply. Oh, good.
Sure the clams and mussels pose a threat to lake long term health. But, is this reaction justified? Hardly. But the environmentalists continue their dominance of any and all debates without regard for reason or cost.
Congress may take a serious look at TRPA and put it out of its misery sooner rather than later.