So you think that trimming $6000 from the State's annual budget is due to the bad economy? There are real things to cut from the State Budget, but this isn't one. The County has been considering other properties for purchase, because it feels the need to have more accesses to the very thing which brings people to this area -- the beach. Money is tight, so they have passed, but if real cost of operating this Park is $6,000 per year, I think the County would jump at the chance to keep this Park open, even if it meant paying for the cost. The TDC will spend more than that on running a couple of ads.
I'm in Deer Lake State Park regularly and the most activity I've ever witnessed were two lovers in Speedo's holding hands. Generally, there's not a person to be seen in the park. I don't get the need to keep the place open - it'll look exactly the way it always looks ... vacant.