Mark Vanderwerf writes:

Road to Penon launch closed. Local strong arm political play on
the 1st day of the Monarch comp.

I assume that some one wants more money.

http://monarcaopen.com/ -
No news on their web site.

Later Mark writes:

In the end the road was opened and today was a mellow enough day
they were able to run a task. Often by the time they are launching launch is
blown out for paragliders. I don't have all the details but it was basically
that the town where launch is wanted some of the pie. The money coming in from
the 150 plus pilots in town. I'll get some more detailed information later, but
for now looks like the road should be open the rest of the week.