tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post3370065773442461275..comments2024-03-27T22:25:44.006-05:00Comments on Ennyman's Territory: The Blue HoleEd Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-39036981111721116492008-10-22T21:06:00.000-05:002008-10-22T21:06:00.000-05:00The same things have been happening all over with ...The same things have been happening all over with small businesses like Tom's Logging Camp and other such small business tourist attractions. Part of it is undoubtedly the cost of upkeep. Going into business was simple when things got started... regulation and license fees and taxes and insurance all add up. The amusement parks can charge a $50 admission ticket and cover all the fees, but the little guy is not able to raise his prices sufficiently, because there's just not enough there to keep the family engaged for very long. <BR/><BR/>I don't believe it's all one explanation but the combo of "progress"....Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-18310483011482897652008-10-22T19:55:00.000-05:002008-10-22T19:55:00.000-05:00I guess the point I was trying to slyly slip in th...I guess the point I was trying to slyly slip in there, is that mandated insurance (to be bought from the same insurance companies that pushed for laws to make insurance mandatory) may well have been a bigger factor in the closing of the Blue Hole than liberal wheel-chair accessibility. <BR/>$1000 would build a really nice concrete or redwood ramp that would last for many years, and actually serve a useful purpose: it would allow the halt and lame to enjoy the little things in life, along with their more fortunate neighbors.<BR/>Also, over a period of a few years, that cost would be recouped in fees charged to tourists. For example, say the Wagner family was traveling along through Ohio with Grandma Hoad in the van. Well, wouldn't the six of us be more likely to stop at the Blue Hole, if Grandma Hoad could go in too, instead of just five of us going in to enjoy the little things in life, and leaving her to stew in the van? <BR/>$1000 doesn't buy much insurance, though, and you gotta keep paying those premiums over, and over, and over again, forever. And then if something does happen, and you turn in a claim, the insurance companies will jack your rates up, or cancel and blackball you.<BR/>Which law is actually anti-business?LEWagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438484007896207869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-50252656546833915732008-10-22T07:06:00.000-05:002008-10-22T07:06:00.000-05:00Yeah, I know what you mean.e.Yeah, I know what you mean.<BR/>e.Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-8417230506047561752008-10-21T19:42:00.000-05:002008-10-21T19:42:00.000-05:00Interesting.http://www.ubuprojex.net/archives/blue...Interesting.<BR/>http://www.ubuprojex.net/archives/bluehole.html#register <BR/>This article said that "The owners of the 500 acres on which the Blue Hole sits decided to close the doors rather than face the commercialization of the land necessary to compete."<BR/>I remember that back in the '60's, my dad wanted to have a Shetland pony ring to set up in supermarket parking lots, or at the Farmer's Market on Saturday mornings. He didn't plan to charge much or at all, but to do it as an advertisement for Wagner's Greenhouse. He went so far as to have the ring made, buy saddles, and train the ponies to walk in the ring. The thing that shut him down was mandated insurance.<BR/>I remember feeling kind of disappointed.LEWagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438484007896207869noreply@blogger.com