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Scal, I think you offer a reasonable compromise to the issue of parking fees at our local beaches. Asking non-residents to, in effect, subsidize their use of Warwick's facilities is fair, and using the revenue to increase the existing work that is done to keep the beaches clean is good policy. Narragansett takes a similar approach, and their town beach remains among the best in the state.

While I'm not sure that non-residents are any more responsible for leaving litter behind than residents, the fact remains that Warwick's beaches are already properly maintained, and any way that can be further improved without increasing the burden on local taxpayers should be considered.

The city council might also consider following the state's lead and require visitors to take their trash with them when they leave the beach. Having visited state beaches before and after this policy went into effect, it's clear that the amount of trash has been significantly reduced.

You also rightly point out that acting Mayor Solomon is taking a much more taxpayer-friendly approach to this issue than the make-believe mayor, who clearly believes he can fool voters into thinking that a parking fee is not, in effect, another tax.