That sinking feeling: why long-suffering Venice is quite right to make tourists pay
by The Guardian
The Guardian— The overcrowded city is leading the way with a tax on day trippers. Surely other great European destinations should follow suitVenice has had enough. It is sinking beneath the twin assaults of tourism and the sea and believes the answer lies in fending off visitors by charging them to enter. It is not alone. Tourism is under attack. Seville is charging for entry to the central Plaza de España. In Paris, the Mona Lisa is so besieged by flashing phones she is about to be banished to a basement....
BBC News—Would you pay a tourist fee to enter Venice?. From Thursday visitors making a trip to the famous city at peak times will be charged a trial entrance fee.
dailym.ai—My dementia sufferer mother has been paying my brother thousands. I feel jealous and worried -. As her Power of Attorney, I can see that my mother, who has dementia, has been sending money to my brother. I'm worried he has talked her into it. Should I confront him?
Washington Examiner—Make cities pay for not enforcing the law. If your next-door neighbor decided to start brewing beer in his garage, and the fermenting yeast made your house smell like rotten eggs, you could sue him for nuisance, enjoin him from making beer, and seek damages to repair the damage to your house. That is a fair common law principle. But what if the […]