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Commissioner Arthur Robinson, a Robert Redford look-alike, ch allenged at the hearing By Charles Clayton \II hat little hope we had of our needs being heard smashed coldly upon the rocks of California politics and was buried beneath a flood of pr ejudice at the State Park (and Recreation) Commission h earing last Friday. . Stop-the-world Club followers packed th e hearing chambers early, having nothing else to do, and produced or invented 20 groups to speak in opposition to a proposal that th ey swore would resul t in "an indigestible lump" of "scorched earth" in th e Santa Monica Mountains. They need not have exercised themselves so drasticall y. There was not a chance that the club-affiliated majority on the comrrussion would even con sider anything but tree-museum status for scrubby old Hope Ranch. Sall y Altick, chairmadam for t he commission, . didn't even know the controversy existed, or where it came from. Who dared even hope that she and her fellow Jerry ' Brown ap po int ees would seriously consider the rights or needs of motorcycle recreationists, she wanted to know. It was like the Black Caucus pleading its needs before the Grand Kleagles of the Klan. It was ridiculous. We didn't have a prayer in Hell. To the smug servants of Stop-the-world mentality, we bikers had a lot of nerve, but nothing else. Chief of resources preservation for the Parks Dept., Jim Trynor, a five -year member of the Sierra Club, led off the state testimony with the first lie, claiming that Hope Ranch held the southernmost examples of the rare Valley Oak. Actually Malib!, Creek State Park, enjoys this distinction; all Clatyon testifies on his minute. Trynor's mendacity, pomtmg out that Hope is separated from the Malibu park by Mulholland Highway and, since there were no particular natural values or rare and endangered species found on Hope, how could it be reconciled to the definition of a state park? Trynor admitted that the Hope land didn't quite make it as a park except for its proximity to Malibu State Park, and repeated his disinforrnation about the Valley Oak. Commissioner Robinson replied that there were better lands for parks farther up the canyon. Chairlady Altick cut in at this point and argued that, whatever the Commission decided, the classification . was not frozen. "It can be opened and reconsidered at a later date," she said. Fat chance, with this administration. State Parks Director Herbert Rhodes then rose to recommend park classification foiHope, because it would have "no adverse effects on the surrounding community. " These words were followed by enthusiastic applause from the gallery. "We hear you," stated the Chairperson superfluously. . State Senator Lou Cusanovich a nd Assemblyman Paul Priolo then took their turns denouncing the idea of recreation status for Hope, the former saying that he was "rather upset when I heard this might be turned over to OHV's. They would have to enter through a canyon where 700 people live." (No t true.) Politician Priolo, playing to the crowd, t esti fied that there was "quite a furor in Sacramento" when they heard there was a proposal for motorcycle development at Hope. "We have not considered that proposal," he insisted. The Stop-the-world Club beat its hands together and gave itself a cheer. It had done its homework well . Residents of nearby Liberty Canyon were recruited to voice their fears of fire and noise and property devaluation. Somebody sent the residents a newspaper clipping about a suspected "Motor Cycle Arsonist." V arious hikers and hermits articulated their selfish desire to get off to a peaceful setting away from humanity, in order to "recharge their minds and bodies," as if Hope were the only place they owned all to themselves. I have never been able to understand this argument, When I need to be alone, I go into my room and close the door. Why do they need another 1,100 acres for that purpose? Why are homeowners so eager to up their property taxes and create intolerable congestion so that hermi ts and people-haters can have their empty spaces? It doesn't make sense that millions of acres of puhlic land are locked up for the benefit of the passive, while the more numerous active recreationists, who have paid through ORV registrations for the few miserable acres of rocks and sand that we have, are jammed into inadequate state recreation areas, far from our homes, The reason is probably that the passive few do not have to work for a living, like we do. They have nothing better to do than deliver poison leaflets and attend public hearings. They know that time is on our side, that kids flock to the National Minicycle Association rather than their nature hikes. This is the future and they don't like it, Young Steve Coutts presented a petition signed by 170 of his peers, respectfully requesting recreation status for Hope. The Stop-the-world Club could only counter with fear and loathing of all things mechanical or human that might impeach their baronial solitude. How many of them, I wonder, would be willing to pay money, as we have, for the privilege of pursuing their pasttime? Isn 't it about time that hikers were registered by the state, and fees apportioned to spare the average ci tizen from underwriting their arrogant greed? One of the outstanding 11I1turai/sceniclenvironmental/whatever values worth preserving with park status at Hope.