A permit to walk you dog in a park? Sounds more like Nazi Germany than America. Were I her, I would fight this unconstitutional ticket. BTW, Gaffer, nice to visit with you here and on AMG.
I don’t think it’s just a regular park - it’s a “dog park” where you can let your dog run off leash and there are usually some equipment type thingies around for the dogs to play on. The permit pays for upkeep on the dog park, and makes it so that the dogs that are off-leash (and sniffing each other) have had their shots so they don’t make each other sick. A permit sounds reasonable for something like this. I’d liken it to paying admission to a city-run pool. $50 sounds pretty high to me, but I don’t know much about running a dog park. I’m not the type of person to take my dog to a dog park, either.
I think the headline was sensationalist and designed to inflame, and it doesn’t reflect what truly happened in this case. I’m tired of headlines like that.