We have a Constitution in the United States. There is no way to take the zoning back. It s not going to happen. Some residents, like Gil Hallenbeck, felt the only way to get anything done was to come to the council meetings and do a lot of yelling and screaming. He wanted equestrians to get a proposal in the works to make sure that whatever amount the equestrian community generated, at least 40 percent of that would go toward improving and developing equestrian-related activities.
Money makes the difference.
Victor Connor, president of the Palm Beach County Horse Industry Council, pointed out that there were village staff members who are advocating the four-laning of South Shore Blvd. You have to make the village hear you that there needs to be equestrian friendly roads and not a highway. Connor commented that he would like to see the village buy the land that had been bandied about by Publix and dedicate it as a horse park. To conclude, Gina Cotto served as the perfect person to end the fruitful discussion. She felt that the meeting was a wonderful idea, and the Wellington Equestrian Committee should host more of them.