Dan no not many do but there are those who do and in my previous post I was wrong their charge is like $25 but that gives you power and access to the pool and other amenities the other guests enjoy.
As an aside Mrs.Linde was not the only complainer of rv camping . the following is from the City councils work session minuets. as you can see A lot of the local campgrounds are against walmarters and freeloaders actually some pretty vitrolic language. See below
RE:R.V. Parking Rabblerouser
To those who are replying to the RV situation.
These forums are not read by the folks of Billings for the most part.
By sending letters to the editor of the Gazette "
speakup@billingsgazette.com " or to the Chamber of Commerce, perhaps the "message" will be more widely disseminated. The City Council and Mayors positions are going up for election currently. Due to a lot of problems lately in the city, few of the councilmen will be reelected,and the mayors position will be a new man too, So sending messages to them may be a waste of time . If enough of the citizens of Billings can be made aware of this attempt of restricting property owners rights, and the free enterprise system . I feel that when they vote, they will attempt to install councilpersons who will more closely follow the wishes of the general public and not those who try to pass special laws for friends and cronies. (Maybe even remove an antiquated law against Rv parking !) Most Montanans know the importance of tourisim to the economy of state and local businesses. I've heard that one councilman (BROWN)was going to ask that this law be removed from the books , but as far as I know nothing has ever come from it.
I doubt that any council members will do any thing as they will continue their record of cronieisim and doing nothing--hoping some one else will step forword and shoulder the responsibility that they were elected for.
RV owner#1 I guess that would be these records, that I copied from their site.
"¢ JUDY BARNES, YELLOWSTONE RIVER CAMPGROUND, asked the Council to keep the RV
ordinance in place for several reasons:
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1) to collect the bed tax used to benefit buildings, rest stops, and tourism
2) the voluminous numbers of RVers using the West End Wal-Mart parking lot
3) campgrounds generate most business during the summer months of the year
4) many of the people writing to complain are "escapees" from Livingston, TX who are fulltime
RVers with no fixed address who live free in RVs. These people drain their tanks into storm
drains and along roadways and dump their trash in other peoples receptacles
5) local campgrounds send campers to other tourist facilities that bring dollar into the community
She asked the Council to look at the big picture and keep the ordinance in place.
"¢ CAROL LINDE, BILLINGS KOA, said the KOA, Eastwood Estate, Trailer Village and
Yellowstone River Campground all advertise. She said they are outraged by the Gazette's
editorial regarding the RV matter. She noted that the campground owners were never contacted
for their viewpoint. She submitted a letter outlining her views, objecting to the "boondocking"
practice of the freeloading RVers that use public services without paying for the benefit. She
noted the bed tax that is a portion of the campground fees that goes directly to the state general
fund and for the legislators to spend as they wish. Ms. Linde said Montana is lagging in tourism
promotion compared with other states. She also noted that the campground's profits are kept and
spent locally. She asked if Billings wants "freeloaders" in their City, as most of the letter writers
are from out-of-state. She asked the Council to continue to enforce the RV ordinance.
ONCE AGAIN
RE:R.V. Parking Rabblerouser
To those who are replying to the RV situation.
These forums are NOT read by the folks of Billings for the most part.
By sending letters to the editor of the Gazette at "
speakup@billingsgazette.com " or to the Chamber of Commerce, perhaps the "message" will be more widely disseminated. The City Council and Mayors positions are going up for election currently. Due to a lot of problems lately in the city, few of the councilmen will be reelected,and the mayors position will be a new man too, So sending messages to them may be a waste of time . If enough of the citizens of Billings can be made aware of this attempt of restricting property owners rights, and the free enterprise system . I feel that when they vote, they will attempt to install councilpersons who will more closely follow the wishes of the general public and not those who try to pass special laws for friends and cronies. (Maybe even remove an antiquated law against Rv parking !) Most Montanans know the importance of tourisim to the economy of state and local businesses. I've heard that one councilman (BROWN)was going to ask that this law be removed from the books , but as far as I know nothing has ever come from it. Now he is not going to run again, probably can't stand to associate with the others!!!
s, Marvin & Carol Linde". 
Tom, Patty, Hannah "The Big Dog" and Abby Kat, Indianapolis, Indiana 
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