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State Forces Citizens to Pay for 'Stargazing Permit' to View Night Sky in Public Parks--Yes,

• https://thefreethoughtproject.com by Matt Agorist

While many folks stand behind permits for selling, one permit in New York that has nothing to do with commerce, has garnered the scrutiny of the Free thought Project. If citizens of the state wish to look up at the sky and view the stars at one of New York's public parks, they will first have to obtain a "Stargazing permit." Seriously.

Light pollution across the state of New York makes it hard for folks in highly populated areas to view the night sky. So, people who wish to gaze upon the stars at night have to drive many miles away to remote areas. Many of these remote areas are located in taxpayer-funded state parks.

In their efforts to squeeze every dime they can from the tax farm, bureaucrats in New York have devised a scheme to extort citizens who wish to use public parks to gaze upon the night sky. This extortion comes in the form of a $35.00 "Stargazing Permit." If you are from out of state and wish to gaze upon the night sky from one of these locations that fee jumps to $60.


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