As official land use coordinator for the Mayor of Truckhaven (Curt) it is my duty to inform you ignorant bastids WTF is going on.
Money is the issue. Not the lack of it but rather the abundance of what you lay people call 'Green Sticker' funds.
When lands became available for purchase in Truckhaven, the only state fund that had the money and was willing to pay for it was the Off Road Vehicle department. So they buy it.
But as a state operation certain things hadto be done before adding the land to Ocotillo Wells. An environmental impact report, historical landmarks etc. all need to be inventoried and reviewed.
Let me back track a moment. All the land we use and call Truckhaven was not and is not Federally managed. Lots of the land is/was privately owned.
Got it so far?
The purchase of private land by any state park system is a good thing, but it doesn't always mean that it can be instantly turned over for its intended use.
Now we have more good new in the works. More land is being made available to Ocotillo Wells SVRA. 4000 more privately owned land in Truckhaven is up for sale by a teachers pension fund. And if that land is added to OWSVRA it would most likely cause another year of running TDS's event out at Ocotillo Wells.
At this point lawyers (other than those involved in the purchase agreements) are not playing a big role in relocation of the event. I'm not suggesting that there will not be any challenges to the EIR when it comes out. But when the time comes, you are right, we and those that support us (Tierra Del Sol for instance) do have the money to fight the challenges.
It sucks that the event can't be headquartered out at Truckhaven, but Truckhaven is not closed and TDS can use our help.
Sign up, pay your money and wheel wherever the heck you want to.
The money won't be wasted.
Now stop your second rate snivlin' and make some plans to party in 'my backyard' the first weekend in February.
And Robert, you wine line a mule!!
