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Hey brother, you might want to bring your concerns up in the next MM meeting. You seem to be a little distasteful with freemasonry. When you speak on "good ole boys" are you talking about certain brothers that have formed cliques within the lodge and govern themselves by "I got you, you got me" behavior ?
I'm not distasteful about freemasonry in it's true intended form, but what I am distasteful about is when it starts to take on deviations that particular lodges are ok to "run with".
Seems steep to me but every jurisdiction is different...
I paid $125.00. This included the three degrees and my first year dues.
I paid more than that.
Same for me! I think it was $130 total for all three degrees, and $20 was for a background search. This also includes my first year dues.
The other way to view it is that the GL allows Lodges to govern themselves.
I paid $150.
Florida
Mine included also the apron and Kentucky monitor.
My $150 covered the blue lodge degrees, apron and ritual.
There really is no FULL self governance granted by Grand Lodge. They step in when the cause suits them (usually with regard to finances or money) and prefer to "ignore" when there is no monetary vested interest for them.
