Comments on: Quartzsite Politics Will Affect Returning RVers http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:20:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Al Greenwood http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-383 Al Greenwood Sun, 24 May 2009 15:38:31 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-383 While being a very unique snowbird destination, Quartzsite suffers from the same syndrome as all cities and towns. A few may wonder what that may be but the average conservative RV'er knows. Do-gooders trying to fix something that ain't really broke. I have spent winters in the big Q off and on since 1994. There are those who were attracted to Q because it was what it was. Then they buy a full time lot or house and want to change what brought them there. Of course state and federal government can't leave anything alone. They have both contributed their share of financial burdens. Mess with RV'ers long enough and often enough and they go away. That's why we live on rubber and not concrete. Ask the long time residents of Blythe about what was and what left. The economy is a factor in downturn of winter visitors but I have noticed that some don't stay as long as before. There are more who just pass thru now. If you gotta pay the same why not go where you get the most bang for the buck? Like maybe Yuma. Water seeks it's own level. Leave the vendors alone. Keep city license fees to a very low minimum, and lower that sales tax and don't over regulate. The LTVA fee's are creeping up every year. Back off. Once a park ranger said that if ( they can afford quarter million dollar RV's they can afford to pay to stay). My comment is ( How did those folks get those high buck rigs ? ). They worked hard and saved money and now want live a new way of life and not pee their money away. I'll be in the big Q again this coming winter. I do, however, find myself stocking up on the things I need before I get there and eat more meals in my RV as to not pay that HIGH tax. My last comment concerns Wi-Fi at the library. Who or what gives them the right too censor what can be viewed on my computer? Their web blocker settings are bordering on constituional rights infingement. I tried to google the going price for a rifle and kept getting blocked. Downloads were also hard to complete because of the web blocker settings. The big Q is perhaps as close as you can get to the old west in the 21st century. A town with unique characters. Some may be on the run and others just trying to get by with what little they have. Others can buy and sell the whole town and many times you can't tell them apart. You may be talking to a full time bum ( such as myself ) or a nuclear physicist. So maybe for all it's political turmoil you still gotta love it. Long live the big Q. While being a very unique snowbird destination, Quartzsite suffers from the same syndrome as all cities and towns. A few may wonder what that may be but the average conservative RV’er knows. Do-gooders trying to fix something that ain’t really broke. I have spent winters in the big Q off and on since 1994. There are those who were attracted to Q because it was what it was. Then they buy a full time lot or house and want to change what brought them there. Of course state and federal government can’t leave anything alone. They have both contributed their share of financial burdens.
Mess with RV’ers long enough and often enough and they go away. That’s why we live on rubber and not concrete. Ask the long time residents of Blythe about what was and what left.
The economy is a factor in downturn of winter visitors but I have noticed that some don’t stay as long as before. There are more who just pass thru now. If you gotta pay the same why not go where you get the most bang for the buck? Like maybe Yuma.
Water seeks it’s own level. Leave the vendors alone. Keep city license fees to a very low minimum, and lower that sales tax and don’t over regulate. The LTVA fee’s are creeping up every year. Back off. Once a park ranger said that if ( they can afford quarter million dollar RV’s they can afford to pay to stay). My comment is ( How did those folks get those high buck rigs ? ). They worked hard and saved money and now want live a new way of life and not pee their money away.
I’ll be in the big Q again this coming winter. I do, however, find myself stocking up on the things I need before I get there and eat more meals in my RV as to not pay that HIGH tax.
My last comment concerns Wi-Fi at the library. Who or what gives them the right too censor what can be viewed on my computer? Their web blocker settings are bordering on constituional rights infingement. I tried to google the going price for a rifle and kept getting blocked. Downloads were also hard to complete because of the web blocker settings.
The big Q is perhaps as close as you can get to the old west in the 21st century. A town with unique characters. Some may be on the run and others just trying to get by with what little they have. Others can buy and sell the whole town and many times you can’t tell them apart. You may be talking to a full time bum ( such as myself ) or a nuclear physicist. So maybe for all it’s political turmoil you still gotta love it.
Long live the big Q.

]]> By: Roger Larratt http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-382 Roger Larratt Sun, 24 May 2009 13:03:01 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-382 I for one would like to see Quartzsite return to what it was a few years ago. I am a Canadian Snowbird that was attracted to Arizona by the old Quartzsite. I have seen Quartzsite change over the past few years and if more of the same occurs I unfortunately wont be back. I for one would like to see Quartzsite return to what it was a few years ago. I am a Canadian Snowbird that was attracted to Arizona by the old Quartzsite.

I have seen Quartzsite change over the past few years and if more of the same occurs I unfortunately wont be back.

]]> By: Bob http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-381 Bob Sun, 24 May 2009 02:17:56 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-381 We come to Q every year and enjoy the time we spend out in the desert. We felt it started to change when all the large RV dealers moved in and started forcing out the small vendors that had been there. We were glad to see many of the large dealers gone this year. Now if we can just get some real RV stuff back in the tent. We come to Q every year and enjoy the time we spend out in the desert. We felt it started to change when all the large RV dealers moved in and started forcing out the small vendors that had been there. We were glad to see many of the large dealers gone this year. Now if we can just get some real RV stuff back in the tent.

]]> By: Fox http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-380 Fox Sat, 23 May 2009 17:42:40 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-380 I got ticked at the nickle and dimeing in Q last winter... This winter I will only go there as a day trip from the Slabs. I got ticked at the nickle and dimeing in Q last winter… This winter I will only go there as a day trip from the Slabs.

]]> By: nancy http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-379 nancy Sat, 23 May 2009 16:28:09 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-379 I was disappointed in my visit to Quartzsite. It was hard to find a place to eat or stay. Everything was closed. Granted it was off season but people do travel all year. And I find myself in the oddest places at the wrong times but it still makes it all interesting. Will I be there in the winter, maybe. I do like gem shows. I was disappointed in my visit to Quartzsite. It was hard to find a place to eat or stay. Everything was closed. Granted it was off season but people do travel all year. And I find myself in the oddest places at the wrong times but it still makes it all interesting. Will I be there in the winter, maybe. I do like gem shows.

]]> By: Ernie Vyrostek http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-378 Ernie Vyrostek Sat, 23 May 2009 16:01:23 +0000 http://rvingquartzsite.com/?p=182#comment-378 This year was our 6th in a row at Quartzsite. This year vendors (big tent) had the atmosphere of a home show & not one dealing with RV's. That change was not for the better IMHO. Others in our group mentioned that Yuma was now a better place to spend time & $. I was not aware of the political problems, as mentioned above, but vendors were heard to talk about their fee increase for a space & tax collecting. The increase in the cost of doing business can be expected. The balancing act to keep vendors & RV owners from going to other locations may have tipped to going elsewhere in the near future. Our group would not be missed in the Quartzsite desert but have to wonder how many others have the same idea. I don't have the answer & it's easy to say "just get your act together Quartzsite!".....fee space increases & a higher tax rate only look good on paper...we, the people, can make it happen or not happen for you. This year was our 6th in a row at Quartzsite. This year vendors (big tent) had the atmosphere of a home show & not one dealing with RV’s. That change was not for the better IMHO. Others in our group mentioned that Yuma was now a better place to spend time & $. I was not aware of the political problems, as mentioned above, but vendors were heard to talk about their fee increase for a space & tax collecting. The increase in the cost of doing business can be expected. The balancing act to keep vendors & RV owners from going to other locations may have tipped to going elsewhere in the near future. Our group would not be missed in the Quartzsite desert but have to wonder how many others have the same idea.
I don’t have the answer & it’s easy to say “just get your act together Quartzsite!”…..fee space increases & a higher tax rate only look good on paper…we, the people, can make it happen or not happen for you.

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