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Save San Bernardino County’s ORV Ordinance

February 9th, 2010 Posted by Chris Clarke in Desert Politics, off-road vehicles | No Comments »

[Passed along by Phil Klasky:]

Supervisors Mitzelfelt and Derry are planning to eliminate the staging portion of the off-road vehicle ordinance 3973 at a meeting of the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors in March. This would allow as many as 199 ORVs to gather on 2.5 acres for up to 6 days in a row without oversight resulting in excessive noise, dust, nuisance and trespass — no permits, no control!

Residents throughout the desert are planning a massive CALL IN DAY on Wednesday, February 10 to flood the supervisors’ phone lines with the message:

  • Keep the ORV ordinance strong and effective.
  • Do not eliminate the staging portion of the ordinance.
  • Do not allow large, uncontrolled and unpermitted stagings of ORVs in our communities.
  • Stop ORV trespass on our private and public lands.
  • Stop harassment and intimidation by ORV riders.
  • Protect our rural communities and the desert environment.
  • Don’t place special interests above the needs of our communities.
  • Defend our desert communities from ORV abuse!

Call Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt at: (909) 387-4830

Call Supervisor Neil Derry at: (909) 387-4855

Be firm but respectful. Hundreds of phone calls will help convince the supervisors that we are prepared to defend our communities from ORV abuse!

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News Updates for 2010-02-08

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News Updates for 2010-02-07

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News Updates for 2010-01-29

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