Flightline, KUSI Turko Files Link

[Mudd]

Go here: KUSI NEWS - Turko Files - KUSI's Michael Turko Investigates Local Piece Of Open Land

[CalEpic]

Thanks for that link. What a shitty deal down there. 2010 for some tame trails? Gee thanks.

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[roadkillross]

wow ill be taht much older when it opens. not the way it should be

[guero]

turko is rad! i liked his last jab at the end with his feeling of the lack of public notices that went up. i'm glad i got to ride flightline!

[RidetheRAAM4]

Originally Posted by guero

turko is rad! i liked his last jab at the end with his feeling of the lack of public notices that went up. i'm glad i got to ride flightline!

Do you know if there was any notice? I thought they were closing flightline because they were building some commercial buildings, not because someone wants to keep the land untouched.

What good is hundreds of acres of land if nobody can use it? Atleast open it up to hikers/mountainbikers/horses so that the land has some use other than just empty space. Otherwise why bother having it, right?

[guero]

Originally Posted by RidetheRAAM4

Do you know if there was any notice? I thought they were closing flightline because they were building some commercial buildings, not because someone wants to keep the land untouched.

What good is hundreds of acres of land if nobody can use it? Atleast open it up to hikers/mountainbikers/horses so that the land has some use other than just empty space. Otherwise why bother having it, right?

i agree with ya. i was under that same impression that it was going to be used for commercial buildings. when they interviewed that Sphincterberg guy he was talking about wanting to keep it preserved and untouched....did you read any of the threads on mtbr about it?

i'm just as confused as you are though after seeing that news piece.

[Pain Freak]

I hope some of you guys/gals caught on to what they were saying about getting involved at the beginning level. When the notices go up we have to get involved then. I've been to a few of these planning reviews that were being held and we are usually represented fairly well, but at other times the enviornmental groups like Sierra Club will be there in numbers and they don't have a single nice thing to say about us, or for that matter any other trail users. We have to be involved at this level, the beginning.

[kentonn]

Originally Posted by RidetheRAAM4

Do you know if there was any notice? I thought they were closing flightline because they were building some commercial buildings, not because someone wants to keep the land untouched.

What good is hundreds of acres of land if nobody can use it? Atleast open it up to hikers/mountainbikers/horses so that the land has some use other than just empty space. Otherwise why bother having it, right?

They have claimed both liability and environmental issues. At this point, I think that it is a anti-mountain bike thing. Apparently, MTBer's are the new skateboarders in Carlsbad.

Originally Posted by guero

turko is rad! i liked his last jab at the end with his feeling of the lack of public notices that went up. i'm glad i got to ride flightline!

With you on all that!

[Pain Freak]

But unlike skaters we will vote and some of us have some money and time we are willing to donate to a cause such as this.

[kentonn]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

But unlike skaters we will vote and some of us have some money and time we are willing to donate to a cause such as this.

Agreed, but our numbers are still small and most other trail users (who also vote and contribute) dislike us. The nice thing is that more and more MTBer's are getting involved.