There have been attempts over the years to get a field at the Hanson Dam Recreation Area in Los Angeles. This is about eight miles from Sepulveda Basin, and would go a long way to easing the over-crowding at that site. Like the Basin, this is a flood control plain that is undevelopable. This would make it ideal as an RC venue. Unfortunatly, a group of horse people have continiously shot it down.
ORIGINAL: anonymouse
Horses is the "excuse "being used to get rid of an activity that some influencial a*****e is using because he / she dosen't like RC ers.
Remember, we are a bunch of people who want to exercise our God given right to use valuable real estate for free. We often share this trait with horse people. Our interests may colide, but name calling does nothing to help our negotiating position.
It would be nice if the AMA were a 500 lb gorilla in Washington like the oil and drug companies, but they(we) are not. Even if we were, these are almost always local issues that need to be dealt with locally.
I got pretty dissilusioned with the RC community up there. How could they get along with those they compete with for open space, when the cannot even get along among themselvs?