Public Or Private Parks?

"Two years after the Michigan Treasury first moved to tax Grosse Pointe Shores parks if the community continued to bar nonresidents from using them, the fight continues and has spread to three other Grosse Pointes that require passes to use city facilities. Opening the prized greens that hug Lake St. Clair to the public was never much of a consideration. Now, though, city officials want the best of both worlds: They may try to avoid passing the cost of the property taxes on to residents by insisting the parks are worthless and therefore tax-free."

Thanks to Urban Parks Online