The owner of the Hitch Rack Ranch on Wednesday spoke in favor of the controversial quarry that Transit Mix Concrete wants to build on her property. Cindi Allmendinger, who owns the ranch with her family, said at a hearing before the state's Mined Land Reclamation Board that she's been frustrated by objections from project opponents who say the ranch should be preserved as open space. "During the permitting process, there's been a lot of talk about my land and what it should be used for," Allmendinger said at the hearing, held at the Hotel Elegante.