Comments on: ‘Hard closure’ of Cedar Creek Falls starts http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/07/08/hard-closure-of-cedar-creek-falls-starts-at-midnight/ Ramona's Community Paper Since 1886 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Live Free or Die http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/07/08/hard-closure-of-cedar-creek-falls-starts-at-midnight/#comment-2172 Live Free or Die Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:40:07 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=1491#comment-2172 Typical gubment response. Hey retreads, why not close Highway 67? Typical gubment response. Hey retreads, why not close Highway 67?

]]> By: Ramonaboy2010 http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/07/08/hard-closure-of-cedar-creek-falls-starts-at-midnight/#comment-2076 Ramonaboy2010 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:21:23 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=1491#comment-2076 It use to be a ramona thing...then people out of town heard about it and came up and ruined it for us...sick. It use to be a ramona thing…then people out of town heard about it and came up and ruined it for us…sick.

]]> By: Jerry http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/07/08/hard-closure-of-cedar-creek-falls-starts-at-midnight/#comment-2075 Jerry Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:14:03 +0000 http://ramonasentinel.mscsddev.com/?p=1491#comment-2075 First off, my heart goes out to the family of the child who died in that tragic accident at the falls. I frequently take the trail to the falls and am disgusted with how this situation is being handled. Why is it that workers are able to fine people now with the hard closure? Why haven't they been fining those who have been partying, bringing alcohol, parking illegally, littering etc... already? How is it that all of a sudden with this "hard closure" a solution will finally be found? Many times I've been down there and seen partying going on - no enforcement of the rules that ALREADY EXIST is happening. I've seen partiers frequently, I've never seen a Ranger, Sheriff or any other enforcement type person there. To me this is the typical governmental/supervisory knee jerk reaction that will, in the end, change nothing, except take the trail off the mind of the general public long enough for the next crisis to take the headlines. Please stop taking the freedoms away from the general public because of an accident. This already happened once at the shooting area at Orosco ridge where there was an accidental fatality. That knee jerk closed the shooting area since last year, depriving all the local residents who used it of their ability to go shoot. It was closed so that some government agency could do some type survey to make it safer. Must be one hell of a survey! No matter how many rules and regulations you put in place, there will still be accidents. Please STOP taking the freedoms away from responsible citizens because of the inability of the few to follow established rules. Leave the trailhead open and implement parking regulations to protect those homeowners who are being overwhelmed. Fine people who break the parking rules, fine people who litter, fine people who bring alcohol. Do the jobs you have already been tasked to do - don't make more knee jerk regulations that just make it harder for people to enjoy themselves responsibly. Again, my heart goes out to those victims of accidents, I don't want to see anyone die in the attempt to have fun - it just isn't right, but please, don't punish those who are responsible. I'm sick and tired of this type government mentality. First off, my heart goes out to the family of the child who died in that tragic accident at the falls.

I frequently take the trail to the falls and am disgusted with how this situation is being handled. Why is it that workers are able to fine people now with the hard closure? Why haven’t they been fining those who have been partying, bringing alcohol, parking illegally, littering etc… already? How is it that all of a sudden with this “hard closure” a solution will finally be found? Many times I’ve been down there and seen partying going on – no enforcement of the rules that ALREADY EXIST is happening. I’ve seen partiers frequently, I’ve never seen a Ranger, Sheriff or any other enforcement type person there.

To me this is the typical governmental/supervisory knee jerk reaction that will, in the end, change nothing, except take the trail off the mind of the general public long enough for the next crisis to take the headlines. Please stop taking the freedoms away from the general public because of an accident. This already happened once at the shooting area at Orosco ridge where there was an accidental fatality. That knee jerk closed the shooting area since last year, depriving all the local residents who used it of their ability to go shoot. It was closed so that some government agency could do some type survey to make it safer. Must be one hell of a survey! No matter how many rules and regulations you put in place, there will still be accidents.

Please STOP taking the freedoms away from responsible citizens because of the inability of the few to follow established rules. Leave the trailhead open and implement parking regulations to protect those homeowners who are being overwhelmed. Fine people who break the parking rules, fine people who litter, fine people who bring alcohol. Do the jobs you have already been tasked to do – don’t make more knee jerk regulations that just make it harder for people to enjoy themselves responsibly.

Again, my heart goes out to those victims of accidents, I don’t want to see anyone die in the attempt to have fun – it just isn’t right, but please, don’t punish those who are responsible. I’m sick and tired of this type government mentality.

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