{"database": "surfing", "table": "posts", "rows": [["8241", "108", "2nd Annual JerseyLoggers Log Jam '07", 49, "Tony Mig", "Mar 31, 2007", "2007-03-31T12:10:47-0400", "g-unit\n wrote: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            i  have never bought one either they still  pay me to go but i think  it is utterly ridiculous that anywhere thinks they have the right to  charge you to walk on the beach.  The best thing is they get away  with it by claiming its a toll road!\n        \n\n\nClick to expand...\n\n\n\n\n\tThe beach tag thing is a hard nut to swallow, but in defense of the  municipalities that charge a beach fee, it is a way of spreading the  cost of lifegaurds, and beach cleaning to those that use the sand, and  not be an added tax burden to the property owners that don't use it.  Just look at whats on our beaches these days, the manpower, the stands,  surf boats, jet skies, medics, 4X4's, the trucks and equipment used to  clean them every morning......the costs are unbelievable.....\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nas far as federal tax dollars being used to pump sand, our federal tax  dollars go to pay for many things we don't directly benefit from, like  paying mid-western farmers not to grow certain crops, or to build dams  on rivers that don't flood our homes. Then there's welfare, food  stamps, heating assistance, and all the other entitlements that none of  us ever benefit from. I'm not a fan of sand pumping because it's a  waste of money, and usually destroys established breaks, and I think  the money could be better spent on other projects that would work long  term to preserve our beaches....like the geo-tube reefs they are using  in New Zealand, the protect the beach from serious errosion, and  provide great waves to ride at the same time.....\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow that my little rant is over.....back to the business of a longboard contest....."]], "columns": ["post_id", "thread_id", "thread_title", "post_number", "author_username", "post_date", "post_date_iso", "post_body"], "primary_keys": ["post_id"], "primary_key_values": ["8241"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.543993002793286, "license": "Public Domain"}