Re: Improving Off-road Compliance

In my view, anyone who supports California Wilderness Coalition is supporting extremists. Paul Spitler told me himself of his vision of what should happen with OHV use. It's an extremist view if ever there was one.

Yes, I'd say COW and ARR are supporting extremists, since they support the CWC. I would oppose them as a result.

It doesn't mean everyone involved is an extremist themselves. But sometimes, people are convinced to support movements they wouldn't necessarily support if they knew the details. Sometimes, we are so wrapped up in solving our own personal pet peeves, that we lose sight of what is being done in order to solve those problems. Sometimes, there is a better way that doesn't support extremist measures.

I don't for a minute doubt that there are problems with things such as illegal riding. But sometimes, the cure can be worse than the ailment, when we step back and look at the big picture for a moment. We have to be very careful what we give our government the power to do, because that same power can come back to haunt us at a later date, on another issue. Once the precedent is set, it's extremely difficult to reverse it. As "the people", once we abdicate the power to make the decisions, we usually abdicate forever on all topics. We don't get do-overs with this sort of thing.