Ridecamp: [RC] Any horse people in/from So CA, USA, or in the US Military?]

Please post, sign and then forward to all you know
Kandhy Franklin-Collins
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> Dear Horse Friends and Military Folks,
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> There is a stable in San Diego - Miramar Stables - that is in real danger of
> being shut down.  It has served military families here for almost a century, and
> is the closest-in horse facility for those families, who by necessity must live
> on/near base.  It is well managed, well maintained, and used to capacity.  The
> "next best things" (even if they *could* afford to pay the going rates, and even
> if there *were* room for 150 new boarders) are private stables 30-60 minutes
> away, depending on traffic.
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> The Marine Corps is planning to close the stables to make way for an RV park and
> storage facility, which will be more profitable, supposedly.
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> The location is under the flight path of MCAS Miramar, and between the airfield
> and Interstate 15.  The site has no scenic or recreationally redeeming
> qualities - no lake, no hills, no beach, no views, no nice hiking trails...
> Just a dirt lot between an airport and a freeway.  Would you camp there, when in
> every direction there are beaches, lakes, mountains, the desert...?
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> I know many people (military & their families) who have boarded there for
> decades, and as you can imagine, their barn buddies are their second family.
> How awful to lose that support network!  Our military folks deserve better.
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> If you agree that the stables are worth keeping, please consider signing this
> petition:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/miramar/petition.html
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> I'll post the letter I wrote, too...  Please feel free to forward this to anyone
> who might be interested.
>
> Thank you!
> Linda
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