The last few weeks I’ve read with interest the comments from Scott Benolken and others who are working toward the Borderto Border route. Scott and the others claim to have been mischaracterized by being depicted as “…uncultured motor-heads bent on eroding our culture and delicate ecology.” They claim to be very responsible people. I fully believe you Scott!
BUT, and there are several big buts, this is an activity that seems to be aimed toward a very limited number of people. How about some numbers? As a Minnesota taxpayer, I always like to know how many citizens are these projects going to benefit? How many taxpayer dollars are being thrown at it?
So, I went to the DNR website, searched Border to Border; they’re in charge of this project and – using tax money of course – have already hired the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council. (Just an aside; is this organization conserving off-highway vehicles? And for what cunning purpose?) And, by the way, I’m guessing that the photo associated with the DNR’s articles doesn’t do much to alleviate the concerns of environmentalists.
All the backlash could have been easily avoided by gathering at the local watering hole, highlighting the route you’d wish to take on existing maps, and going for it. You didn’t no stinking permission!
And you want signs. You drive modern, four-wheel drive, motorized vehicles. You have access to detailed state and county maps. You likely have a GPS either in your vehicle or on a phone. With all due respect, you don’t sound like very good explorers and I’m thinking that if Sacagawea was alive today she’d fall off a log laughing at your crew.
Just a suggestion. Find some old Burma Shave placards and repurpose them, maybe I’ll even help put them up. But please leave the state and local governments out of this. My prediction is that if the state supplies the signs they’ll cost some absurd amount. Not to mention a whole cluster of convoluted new statutes and regulations. And what happens when some other clubs want a B2B to South Dakota, Iowa, Brownsville, Texas?
Taxes in this county are high enough, so how about thinking about money going to the needs of the many instead of the wants of a few. Just a thought.
Ron Wizykoski
Hovland
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