This is really upsetting to see but I can no longer allow Papa Bear to drag this site into a gutter. He has done alot for this site during his tenure, I have said many times what a good guy he is and tried to convince people of that for the last year. But finally he started a thread today that pushed me over the fence.
I have no beef with anyone here, not him and especially with La Famlia. If LF feels they need to find a new home because PB has been issued a 7 day ban then so be it. Yeah that's right, it's only 7 days but if he chooses to make it forever then so be it.
Here I am in monatana trying to build more relationships and all anyone can bring up is PB and his BS. Sure, others fueled that thread but it was PBs refusal to even acknowledge the fact that maybe all these other guys aren't just crazy.
While I always have the backs of our members and always will I cannot let one person affect hard earned relationships that I have established with companies. PB is the ONLY member I have ever had here who has had not just one but multiple brand name companies question me and ask what his involvement is as a member. Multiple times I have been told that I should cool this guy down and this was coming from his affiliated LaFamlia friends as well as other members and associates of the site. I just can't take it anymore.
Again, LaFamilia is welcome here for ever. There isn't a better group of UTV guys around. PB will also be welcomed back should he choose to consider cooling it down a bit. However, now he is threatening lawsuits and saying that I need to delete all his posts and photos because they are his property and copy written. While I think that is a bunch of total BS I will look into the validity of his argument. In the mean time I will see if a cooler head will prevail as I have no problem deleting him entirely from the archives of our site if I need to.
No one controls this site but me, I make these final decisions and I have never banned a contributing member in all the years we have been around. I hope that says something about the site and my restrain in using this authority.
LaFamilia is always welcome, forever. I would hope the members of that group would look at is as an isolated situation with one guy. This does not reflect on their group at all!!! I never thought it would come to this but it has so sorry if I have offended the LF membership by banning this guy.
I am typing from 30k feet on an airplane on my way to Vegas to cover the V2R race fr our members and readers. Life goes on......