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AND...THE SURVEY SAYS...
I was a huge Richard Dawson fan on the original Family Feud. I can still hear his British accent screaming, “The survey says . . . “. Now imagine me screaming in a slight Texas twang. OK, here’s the results of a recent survey we sent you all and nearly 25% of you returned.
over the last five years. They are coming for the other 16% of you! In fact, you By Brian Schaeffer, Executive Director have had your taxes raised by 30% or more over that period and virtually none of you said it was due to substantial changes in your businesses or a dramatic increase in county services. For this reason, we are going to hammer commercial property tax fixes in the next legislative session: an annual Why did we do the survey, cap is at the top of our wish list. and was the return ratio a good one. When asked about state inspections and annual permits or national standards and permits to operate your businesses – 93% We did the survey because it had been a while since we asked and 98% said no and hell no. This is important because government you some direct and pertinent questions about the industry and your entities and some national organizations are looking for what amounts membership. We are also coming up on the time when the board to revenue-generating mechanisms to get in your business. We wanted sets the budget/priorities for 2022-2023, and having recent data is to make sure that fighting this is still important to you: it is! always best under these circumstances. As for the participation rate, We needed your thoughts about mobile RV techs versus onit was good. Especially since I have often joked that if I sent a notice site full-time techs. Ninety-seven percent of you prefer the off-site requesting $10 bills, and promised I’d send back $100 bills; we’d still mobile techs. Apparently staffing another position and the insurance only get 25% response! requirements, etc., outweigh the marketing benefits. The single most important member benefit for 60% of the Only 22% of you thought that discount programs on goods respondents was legal/government affairs. You all don’t want and services are very important when directly offered through the interference in running your businesses and when problems arise you association. This wasn’t a high priority and we do have a bunch of want to reach out for help. Marketing was second, with 24% of you associate members, many of whom offer TACO parks a discount. See putting a priority on that. Everything else fell down the list. We are the Vendor with a star by the name on the vendor member pages of significantly bumping up our budgets in the areas of Legal – Lege and this TACO News. We will be trying to provide additional options. Marketing. We hear you and we concur. Third party rating/review programs were somewhat or extremely Not surprising was the fact that 96% of respondents felt that a important to you. That is understandable in this day and age. We are local (state) camping association was more relevant than a national cultivating closer working relationships in this area. Stay tuned. association. The fact is that more things affecting our businesses, good Thanks for participating in the survey and as Richard Dawson or bad, happen at the local level. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have used to say, “We have some lovely parting gifts for you.” Namely, the national representation and support their programs where applicable. peaceful and successful operating of your park! H Eighty four percent of you have had your property taxes increased SUMMER 2022
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