Letter: Fair Warning

Written by San Luis Obispo Tribune

Friday, April 30, 2010

It would only be fair for a property seller in Nipomo to be required to disclose the potential health hazards caused by blowing fine sand from the beach aggravated by off-road vehicles.

Silicosis and other lung diseases are serious conditions. I moved here nine years ago and had I been informed of this health danger, I would have settled elsewhere.

This disclosure may lower property values and could slow real estate sales, however, buyers should be informed of known conditions in advance of the purchase of a home. This lowering of property values may offset some of the possible profits made on retail sales to off-road vehicle operators.

Wayne Hoyt
Nipomo

Source: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/04/29/1122680/letters-to-the-editor-430.html

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“As a rancher who leases public lands for cattle, I’ve seen my share of cut fences and rangeland damaged by ORV use. I’ve also experienced ORV trespass onto my private lands. But I’ve had no way to identify the culprits when reporting trespass or illegal ORV use to local law enforcement. Congress should require that ORVs used on public lands have visible identification plates or decals. Doing so would remove the anonymity enjoyed by ORV riders who are bent on breaking the rules.”

- Ambers Thornburgh, second-generation rancher from Oregon who grazes cattle on his private land and adjacent lands leased from the Bureau of Land Management