[meandog]

I don't get it -why the hostility? The BSA went out of their way to proclaim themselves a private group (which they were entirely within their rights to do so). Having done that, I don't see why they should expect the City of Berkeley to pay for their docking fees, any more than the city should pay docking fees for any other yacht club that docks in the Marina.

Good point!...and, being a private enterprize, the Sea Scouts are perfectly in their rights now to expect payment when they assist AIDS-riddled old hippies across the Berkeley streets.

[Stone Mountain]

being a private enterprize, the Sea Scouts are perfectly in their rights now to expect payment when they assist AIDS-riddled old hippies across the Berkeley streets.

They are certainly free to ask. Is there an actualy point here I'm missing?