Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
When Johnson left and Bouchard-Hall came in, I had hopes that the general policies would change to reflect the needs of grassroots racing. The situations that are causing attrition at the lowest level of bike racing seem to still be there however. Costs are still high (and I don't know but haven't yet seen evidence that any costs will be reduced: insurance, fees, licenses, promoter "certifications" etc.)
Regardless of whether one can justify the increase in costs to the actual riders, the attrition is plainly visible by the loss of PROMOTERS, as well as events just plain disappearing.
Whereas the spirit behind the RideClean program is a good one (our club was one of the first to contribute to it,) the results seem to be that, although some riders do get popped, the additional financial pressure that is put on the membership at large is only contributing to the attrition in the sport. So, I say cancel the Ride Clean Program and re-focus on making cycle racing more accessible.
Not less accessible. We've already had enough of that.