Tripper
Double Eagle Member
Seems like a rule that any disc golfer that does not score 1 under on a hole be required to flip off any park users in sight would ensure the locals would still see all the birdies they could want.
I liked the sign in the video saying "Who will pay for the disc golf course maintenance? Taxpayers!" Clearly, they aren't aware of how little maintenance a 9 hole course through the woods actually requires.
The thing that really bugs me about this whole thing is how uneducated the protesters are on the issue. Some of the people think that they're plowing down forests for a BALL GOLF course. I just wish they would do more research before organizing these protests.
I've been through this where I previously lived and we were trying to get a course in a 200 acre park. Almost no one was using this park, I know, because I would often take my lunch breaks there when I was a FedEx driver. There are still very few people using it I have heard. We only wanted them to share 20 acres.
The lies and ignorance about DG were the most annoying thing to me. Everything from "They're going to bring in bulldozers to clear fairways" (not true, of course) to "The guy promoting this is going to want to sell homesites on the course". LOL. (He was a real estate agent). They even argued that it would upset the traquility of the park (There is a gun range that literally borders the west side of the park, open 6 days/week).
What it came down to was a small group of equestrians and a few dog walkers that have had that park to themselves for years made a big stink, and had all their friends lie about how they practically live at the park. At a public meeting, they even shouted down a 13 y/o Boy Scout that went up and spoke about how he thought DG would be a good thing for kids. The County was completely for the course, but ended up shelving it because it was an election year and the Commisioners were literally being threatened with their jobs. I moved from the area a few months after that to an area with a great and growing disc golf scene.
That was 8 years ago, and the course that they promised to find another place for is just now nearing completion and will open in about a month or so.
Sequim?