Tom,

At the meeting where we viewed the new shade structure designs, I was against building the current structure due to the cost. I questioned where the funds would come from since we no longer hire monitors and have done away with fly ins that generate money.

He told me and a few others sitting next to me that his Hollywood friends and actually said Brian Cranston and others will be more than happy to donate the funds.

When he was asked a few weeks later about the donations from his Hollywood friends he said, I never said that!

Flip flop

This is my 2 cents

The club over the years has put alot of effort into making the LZ/Ranch what it was a few years back when camping, fly ins and membership breakfasts thrived. There was members who volunteered to install the sprinklers and run electric lines from John’s house up to the pond and back down to the shade structure and wifi was installed for our members.

Unfortunately all that has gone away due to the last five years board of directors.

5 years ago the BOD said “We can police our selves” So we got rid of the site monitor. Why? The site monitor not only checks pilots for CSS and USHPA membership, but also collected day use fees and promoted club membership to non members.

How much money has the club lost over the last 5 years?

If the club brought back a monitor instead of “Self Policing” and brought back Fly ins, which we had 4 a year, those funds could help pay monthly payments and possibly contribute towards the purchase of the Ranch.

So we cut ties with the Ranch and they decide to sell, we no longer have water (potable and sprinklers) Electricity, WiFi and future camping and pond usage.

This should decided by the members and not BOD!

The money spent on the new shade structure could have made a down payment!

1. I was just telling the truth Jai Pal. I guess you don’t remember hmmm. I have no reason to lie to you or anyone else.
   We had a contractor build us a 2nd bathroom and he said alot of stuff but when questioned he seem to forget as well.
   As far as budget we only have $12000 to work with which with the cost of building materials now that’s only going to pay for the concrete then what? We go another season without the shade structure?
   As far as donations I’ve put alot of my time and sweat making sure we had electricity, water, wifi along with working flyins. That’s my donation.

My concerns for the Taj Mahal is cost. Our current budget is $12000. I heard that we need to pour concrete and the outdoor kitchen is going to be demolished which seems like a waste of time and waste of money to me.

As far as the glass goes, who’s going to take care of cleaning (we cant even keep the container clean and organized) and what about vandalism?

I was told that the Hollywood Elites  have no problem donating so where’s the donations??

Most projects are started with a budget. We have $12000

It’s a shade structure not a FBO