Suit Alleges Recreation.Gov Cluttered with Junk Fees, Seeks Millions in Refunds

Re:Suit Alleges Recreation.Gov Cluttered with Junk Fees, See... by tonymet on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:36PM (#36482994)

There's a huge need for real investigative journalism into corruption like this. Kudos to the plaintiffs for exposing the grift.

recreation.gov has some benefits – they've improved usability. The fees are punitive and obscure. Also there's lots of corruption and scalping on the site that they are not taking responsibility for.

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Re:Suit Alleges Recreation.Gov Cluttered with Junk Fees, See... by pistolpete333 on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:21PM (#36483616)

You should check out Matt Stoller and the work he is doing to call out this kind of monopolization/corruption/regulatory failure across industries. His articles are extremely informative, eye opening and generally non-partisan in their analysis.

He wrote an article calling out this situation with recreation.gov about a year ago

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-is-booz-allen-renting...

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Re:Suit Alleges Recreation.Gov Cluttered with Junk Fees, See... by tonymet on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:04PM (#36487484)

you’re right this was very i formative

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