You get what you pay for

EDITOR: Last year, about 750,000 Californians signed a petition to place Proposition 21 on the ballot - a reasonable measure to fully fund our state park system at the cost of 5-cents per day per car (about the same as one extra-large pizza a year).

I was collecting signatures on Channel Drive one day at the Cobblestone trailhead, where many people park to avoid paying a day-use fee. Rollicking down the trail came several mountain bikers, rolling their $1,000 bikes to a stop near a $40,000 SUV. We chatted. I explained the merits of the proposition, and still they wouldn't sign the petition. I can only surmise that when this ballot measure was voted upon in November, they voted no.

Now that Annadel, Sugarloaf Ridge and Jack London state parks are slated to be locked up and closed, along with 67 other state parks, I wonder where they'll be riding.

To those who voted yes on Proposition 21, our only consolation is that we did the right thing for our parks. To those of you who choose not to support parks, or didn't vote at all, well, I guess you're getting what you pay for.

BILL KRUMBEIN

Retired unit ranger, Annadel State Park

Santa Rosa