Shorepoints
Well-Known Member
Greetings all. There is a Union County Freeholder Meeting March 8 at 7:30pm. I plan to go to let the Freeholders know that we have not disappeared and we are expecting them to follow up on their promises to re-visit the issue of legal trails in Union County. Now I know many of you have absolutely zero faith in the County after the Watchung debacle, and your reservations are justified. That said, since nothing is legal in the County, we have nothing to lose to keep pushing for legal trails in the County. I have been in contact with the new Freeholder Chair Grenados. He has been responsive to me but has not offered much in the way of detail other than they have formed a "trails committee" which is focusing on hiking/horses for now and they will revisit MTB when the trails committee reports its findings. There is no JORBA or MTB input on this committee, and no timeline, or any additional detail. Basically the County has done nothing in the past year regarding MTB and they likely won't unless we press the issue. So if anyone would like to join me on March 8 and speak during the public comment portion, I'd love the company. One thing we learned from the past is the Freeholders only respond if we "pack the room" and continue to pack it.