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See: NPS Just Set "Unconstitutional, Discriminatory" New Ban Rule On Visitors At Another National Park
Our United States Code, § 5103, defines U.S. coins and currency as legal tender for all debts. For government employees to arbitrarily not accept legal tender, as defined by statutory law for payment to enter upon taxpayer owned public property is obviously in conflict with the above statute mentioned.
But even more disturbing with this arbitrary ban on legal tender as payment for entering a publicly owned park is, it blatantly discriminates against identifiable groups, e.g., the poor who may have the cash to pay to enjoy a day at a publicly owned park, but not have credit cards or bank accounts necessary for cashless payments, which in turn creates a disparate impact claim under anti-discrimination laws.
Additionally, there are other identifiable groups who are thoughtlessly discriminated against by cashless payment entry at publicly own parks. A good portion of our elderly citizens who are not tech savvy, and those withou8t electronic devices for cashless payment methods. They too are being unlawfully discriminated against and denied access to publicly owned property.
So why have some taxpayer employed public servants decided to discriminate against taxpaying citizens, who want or need to use “legal tender” to enter a publicly owned park?
These public servants tell us, "By transitioning to a cashless system, park staff will spend less time managing cash and more time helping visitors."
But nowhere in our Constitution (our nation’s rule book) are government employees allowed to discriminate against its citizens because “park staff will spend less time managing cash and more time helping visitors.”
Nowhere in our Constitution are government employees authorized to refuse statutorily defined “legal tender” as payment by American citizens to enter upon and enjoy public property.
This practice by public employees, which blatantly discriminates against identifiable groups of American citizens, needs to come to an abrupt end, and accommodations for legal tender payment needs to be restored for those wanting or needing to use legal tender, as statutorily define, for payment to enjoy publicly owned and taxpayer supported, parks.
See: NPS Just Set "Unconstitutional, Discriminatory" New Ban Rule On Visitors At Another National Park
Before proceeding, keep in mind, we are talking about access to taxpayer financed publicly-owned property, and not private property such as a privately owned theme park.
Our United States Code, § 5103, defines U.S. coins and currency as legal tender for all debts. For government employees to arbitrarily not accept legal tender, as defined by statutory law for payment to enter upon taxpayer owned public property is obviously in conflict with the above statute mentioned.
But even more disturbing with this arbitrary ban on legal tender as payment for entering a publicly owned park is, it blatantly discriminates against identifiable groups, e.g., the poor who may have the cash to pay to enjoy a day at a publicly owned park, but not have credit cards or bank accounts necessary for cashless payments, which in turn creates a disparate impact claim under anti-discrimination laws.
Additionally, there are other identifiable groups who are thoughtlessly discriminated against by cashless payment entry at publicly own parks. A good portion of our elderly citizens who are not tech savvy, and those withou8t electronic devices for cashless payment methods. They too are being unlawfully discriminated against and denied access to publicly owned property.
So why have some taxpayer employed public servants decided to discriminate against taxpaying citizens, who want or need to use “legal tender” to enter a publicly owned park?
These public servants tell us, "By transitioning to a cashless system, park staff will spend less time managing cash and more time helping visitors."
But nowhere in our Constitution (our nation’s rule book) are government employees allowed to discriminate against its citizens because “park staff will spend less time managing cash and more time helping visitors.”
Nowhere in our Constitution are government employees authorized to refuse statutorily defined “legal tender” as payment by American citizens to enter upon and enjoy public property.
This practice by public employees, which blatantly discriminates against identifiable groups of American citizens, needs to come to an abrupt end, and accommodations for legal tender payment needs to be restored for those wanting or needing to use legal tender, as statutorily define, for payment to enjoy publicly owned and taxpayer supported, parks.
