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Old 05-05-2010 | 07:51 PM
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Default RE: Flying Fields Lost and Why

The county owns Turk Park 3, and leases it to Doylestown Township. The township has an agreement with the club, allowing the club to fly its planes at the park rent-free; and only the supervisors or the club can cancel the agreement. So the supervisors will vote on May 4 whether to make the chief's prohibition permanent.

The club found Turk Park 3 with help from the Bucks County Parks and Recreation Department, which also helped work out the rent-free lease for the club.

The club has about 80 members at peak flying season.

Read more: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_89...#ixzz0n6cV51Pf

Kind of late to have posted this after the fact. IMO it would have been an easy fix. 80 members with $200 each could have donated some $16000 to the parks people and the Township's employee benefit programs and my bet is that you would keep your field.

If $200 each is too steep, well again IMO, you don't really want the field.