I would guess that some male bureaucrat was trying to
impress someone else's wife by forcing this guy to
buy a sightseeing-quality boat for her kids to play on,
while he fondled her. . just a guess. -- j
.

exactly. . produce, reduce profits, remain quiet. . knave. -- j
.

Or sink or sail.

The state required him to hike his prices $1 and the money was to go into an account to buy a boat he does not need?

There are too many tangled threads to this situation for me to figure out what is actually occurring.

Jan

Tend to agree if you are right re-monopoly. Although, having been granted the monopoly, he should still be allowed to shrug, and walk away with whatever is his property.

When my kids were small, I took them on the Harsen's Island Ferry as an experience I thought they'd like. It's a rickety but fun experience. Huge freighters majestically plow along as you cross the lake. Once we got there we unpacked a lunch and finished in time to take the ferry back. Like any government controlled project, the guy who operates it is inevitably going to get screwed. That's the way fascism works.

I actually rode the Harsen's Island Ferry a couple times back in the 60s. It was a company guest house and they had a row boat to get to the actual house property which was a small island. Great Lakes Freighters would pass close by in the shipping channel and dwarf the good sized house.

"The Commission also directed Bryson, Champion's or any other affiliated person not to sell, assign or encumber any asset of Champion's unless a request in writing is made to the Commission and approval is received." This sounds sort of like 10-289.

I am going to take a different slant. It appears the state has granted him a monopoly. Hasn't he benefited from their muscle. I am having a hard time feeling sorry for him. Open competition would be the answer. When one deals with the government one must take the good with the bad.....or is that the bad with the bad?

Doesn't sound much like it's the guy's business. Looks more like he's a slave of the state.