Earlier this season I called down to Phoenix to enquire about a 40% increase to the annual Windsor launch pass fee. They informed me that the Game & Fish Dept. had lost federal funds and that to compensate, they had to raise the rates. This means that now, 100% of the ranger's salary came out of my pocket and all other's who bought an annual (or daily) pass.
This made me think...hmmm...now that they are working for me, maybe now it's time to determine what their job description was. I spoke with an assistant to some authority figure in Phoenix and asked if it was the ranger's responsibility to direct trraffic on the launch ramps...especially when it was congested. She replied, "yes", it was. I pointed out that how, on numerous occasions when the ramp was congested, I spotted rangers sitting on their duffs, inside their air-conditioned trucks, doing absolutely nothing to help guide boaters to the next available slot in line. She seemed appauled this could occur and said she'd make sure the local ranger in charge was informed. On occasion, like sanctioned Bass Tournaments, where there is national publicity, I see rangers with official-looking vests directing ramp traffic, but on normal weekends, I still see rangers sitting in their trucks, amidst congested ramp conditions.
This leads to my point...how on earth could someone provoke these apathetic rangers to get off their duffs and conduct db tests at Windsor?