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Re: [RC] OHV trust fund in CA - Barbara McCraryThat sounds like a good idea, as long as we horsemen could be sure the funds stay there for trail maintenance. If the government could "borrow" those funds, I would be quite angry about that. Maybe state horsemen could form a group to propose a fee per horse each person owned, to be placed in a fund for trail maintenance and construction. The purpose would have to be cast in granite, however, with no opportunity of "borrowing" for other purposes.Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Collins" <c_collins@xxxxxxx> To: "Ridecamp Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:59 PM Subject: [RC] OHV trust fund in CA Just fyi-those OHV parks and projects are paid for by the OHV trust fund which is funded by "green sticker" money that OHV users pay to license and ride their vehicles in that state. The CA governor recently asked to "borrow" $90 million dollars from that trust fund. I don't want to start the whole thread of how awful OHV people are and how righteous all horse people are (sarcasm here, folks :) , but if horse folks put that kind of money into a trust fund to protect our trails, maybe we wouldn't have so many problems with access and/or trail loss. Just a thought. They pay $50 a year into this fund for each OHV/motorcycle they ride and the fund is designated for trails, OHV parks, education, safety, law enforcement, etc. Cindy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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