[DaveSchy]

I thought at the time, and believe today, that the unilateral actions taken by "The Bored" regarding paragliding were against the club charter, immoral and probably illegal.

Emboldened by the waiver fiasco, an egregious and blatant power grab by one MostGreedyFool killed our insurance, and put him permanently into a paid position (60,000 bucks a year) as bizzarro insurance guru, the doublespeaking carpetbagger known as MisterGrabbingFunds.

This individual spewed "it's too complicated for you bozos" as his go to excuse to make the details " secret". To this day, the same MessyGarbageFlotsam trots this gem out, incessantly!

The "Bored" inexplicably allowed the club to become steamrolled into an insurance and real property scam using our dues. If any single individual bears the major responsibility for USHGA becoming prostituted, it was, and is Mightn'tGoFlying with his enabling band of "Bored" vultures.

[Bob Kuczewski]

MostGreedyFool ... MisterGrabbingFunds ... MessyGarbageFlotsam ... Mightn'tGoFlying

I was on the "bored" with Mark G. Forbes and I witnessed his control through his positions on both the insurance and elections committees. He single-handedly (and underhandedly) refused our club's purchase of site insurance for Torrey Pines Gliderport. This partial quote from my September 7th, 2019 post tells the story:

In December of 2008 I was elected as USHPA's newest Region 3 Director defeating the incumbent David Jebb. David Jebb was the owner of Air California Adventure that had operated the Torrey Pines Gliderport (through a free lease) since 1998. I defeated Jebb by a vote of 122 to 98. He was humiliated because he thought he was undefeatable. His loyalist crowd hated me from that instant and they began working on a recall immediately. It would be a year and a quarter into my two year term before they could succeed.

The USHPA "insiders" (like Mark Forbes and Tim Herr) worked against me at every turn. I personally purchased site insurance for the Torrey Hawks with cash at the USHPA counter. The office staff accepted the payment and issued a receipt for $250 (order ID 141669) dated March 31st, 2009. But Mark Forbes (insurance chairman) refused to issue the site insurance because it would have given the City of San Diego an alternative to Air California Adventure.

Right there USHPA undermined the sport of recreational hang gliding to protect the paragliding business monopoly at Torrey.

It gets worse, but I'll spare you about 10 years of USHPA's malfeasance and get to USHPA's refusal to renew the Torrey Hawks in 2016.

The earlier post showed the Torrey Hawks Chapter renewal status from early 2008 through early 2016. We tried to apply for renewal in 2016 just like every other year, but USHPA simply refused to process the paperwork. We jumped through all the hoops and we met all the requirements. Our Region 3 Director Ken Andrews assured myself and our club President Brian McMahon that it would be processed, but it never was. Here's Ken's exact email message from May 27th, 2016:

Bob and all,

I expect that the USHPA office will process your chapter renewal without problem. If you encounter any further difficulty, let me know, and I'll do what I can to help.

-Ken

That was over 3 years ago. USHPA didn't renew the Torrey Hawks. We let Ken Andrews know about it (as he requested) and he didn't "help" at all. He did nothing.

Now that should be big news in the sport of hang gliding. USHPA denied insurance to a USHPA Chapter for no valid reason, and USHPA refused to renew a hang gliding chapter for no valid reason. But neither of those things can be widely disseminated because Jack (hanggliding.org) and Davis (ozreport.com) will threaten anyone who mentions the Hawks clubs. So the USHPA propaganda machine can post whatever they want without opposition.

So, bringing it back to the topic at hand ... Rick Masters said it perfectly on March 21st, 2015:

People talk about the sport of hang gliding dying. It's not dying. It's being murdered. By the U$hPA.

If we want to save the sport of hang gliding, we have to recognize and oppose the forces that are murdering it.

 
 
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Receipt for Site Insurance dated March 31st, 2009:

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Proof of USHPA's denied Site Insurance with paid premium on file with USHPA:

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[DaveSchy]

Bob,
Is it your opinion that MustGoFundme committed actual crimes or is he simply a bad ManipulativeGreedyFriendless person?

[Bob Kuczewski]

Bob,
Is it your opinion that MustGoFundme committed actual crimes or is he simply a bad ManipulativeGreedyFriendless person?

I don't know enough about the law to make that determination, but if there aren't laws against what USHPA, Herr, and Forbes have done to hang gliding ... there should be.

[Craig Muhonen]

YES, there are laws, and the court system with it's, "chain of evidence and discovery" processes, can show USHPA's and hg.org's wrong doing,
if only the Truth be carefully written out in court filings, and presented without emotion.
Where is Denny Crane when we need him?

They have long shown their power hungry and censorship "selves"
in Black and White.
and they are Red all over. They are embarrassed and easy to see coming, with the word .. a** .. being key
this should be easy, Dig Deep.
Two pictures posted by RM over time.

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[Craig Muhonen]

From the OZ Report
“I really love Hang Gliding”

Cloudhopper 9-11-2021
Remember, there's only one letter between a pg and a pig, and it is I.
Only I can make a pig fly, and I choose not.
Not at this time, no thank you, I'll keep my spine.
Some pigs are flying, but not close to me.
I punch the accelerator and again I am free!
And there is only one letter between an HG and an HUG.
I hug my sky-hugger every time I want to feel the air.



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