I would like to thank you (BLM) personally for totally screwing up on Thanksgiving weekend. You can call this a success all you want and the people that will never see Glamis will pat you on the back. BUT those of us who GO to Glamis know.
We know what happened that weekend.
We know you closed Comp in an effort to detour the party. The party only moved to Olds and now that is trashed beyond a full weekends clean-up.
We know you then closed Olds in another effort to detour the party. It moved to Olds road and that is now trashed beyond a weekends clean up.
We know you then pushed people out of the road to Olds and the party went to the drags. The drags are now trashed beyond a weekends clean up.
We know you arrested and beat DUNERS on bunk charges that will take years to sort out and thousands of tax dollars wasted in our courts (failure to disperse and resisting arrest are not the Drunk in Public and DUI offenses as you made the public think was handed out).
We know you brought in hundreds of extra officers and only handed out 1/2 the fines as the previous year. Don't you think that maybe while you were chasing the party around the dunes, you were missing the ability to spot, find, detain, and arrest the people who actually caused REAL problems (ie drunk in public and DUI)
We know.

Because of your 'wise' decisions.. We the DUNERS of Glamis and We the PROTECTORS of this public land now have a clean up 4 times greater then if Comp would have been left open. It will take us at least a year to clean up this mess you helped create. Did I see you out there helping us clean this up Sat morning? NO. What I saw was DUNERS cleaning it up. We were cleaning up the trash that you forced in there.
We could have cleaned up Comp much faster then having to clean up Olds, the Road to Olds, Sand Highway, Comp (still a mess), and the drags.
Again BLM,
I would like to thank you for making it much tougher on the DUNERS instead of on the real problems.

P.S. We also know the board of supervisors and the politicians had a hand it this as well.

Rob Hollinger aka chummin
Edits to fix grammer

[ 12-16-2002, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: Chummin ]

Very good Rob, Why don't you send a copy of that to the powers that be! They need to hear this and someone (?) needs to start hearing the truth.
Once again, very good!!

I'll second that !!!

Douglas Keplinger aka CRASH

yuppers good job Rob..

Absolutely.

I sent you an e-mail Rob

Vicki

Aren’t the new channels and papers always looking for something to say.

Chummin you are awesome. Maybe we need to fwd this to the I.V. Press!

Well,
If Im gonna bark, I might as well bite! Hopefully Im not wasting my hot air.

The message was sent to the board of supervisors and BLM.
rhaggert@ca.blm.gov, gthomsen@ca.blm.gov, tonytirado@imperialcounty.net, tirado@imperialcounty.net, supvleimgruber@imperialcounty.net, hankkuiper@imperialcounty.net, joemaruca@imperialcounty.net, garywyatt@imperialcounty.net

also to News stations
ideas@kfmb.com, community@kfmb.com, newstips@fox6.com

also to News papers
ron.james@uniontrib.com, ceditor@ivpressonline.com, editor@ivpressonline.com

[ 12-16-2002, 11:50 AM: Message edited by: Chummin ]

Rob, You're the best.

Right on Chummin! It's time that the BLM and the ICBOS heard from the duners!!! Great job!

LIVE FREE OR DIE!

Da McScrappbook be kinda hungry there Chummin, so Slap hope ya don't mind if it takes a big gulp ...

hey,what about "The Turko Files" 'cause...it ain't right...

I've thought of Turko also... I'm afraid this is bigger than even HE could deal with!

Vor

Good work there Chum. You da man... well not, "Da Man," 'cause Da Man has a badge and a gun, but you're still da man.

Hey King, How about some one put that in a magazine? It might make a nice article!!

IV Press emailed me back asking for my place of residence because they cannot print it without that. I sent it.
Have not heard anything back from anyone else yet.