If one can't afford $10 to enter Belle Isle, they shouldn't be driving in the first place. Funds to protect citizens, maintain and enhance Belle Isle have to come from some where. I have no qualms ponying up the dinero - in fact, it will likely encourage more visitors because the trobule makers will be too cheap to cause trouble. That's the entire concept of a cover charge at a given bar - it weeds out the people you don't want inside anyway.