The Save the Salt folks have a pretty good lawyer in Salt Lake City who
could probably head off any problems we might have -
Save the Salt is a really good combine of the land speed organizations,
although I think it was formed before ECTA came into being and ECTA may
no be involved with their work. John would know better than anyone,
about that.
Is anyone on our list active with Save the Salt? I've heard nothing but
good stuff regarding the attorney they use. With all the hard work and
money that has gone into their effort, I'll bet the Save the Salt folks
need to know about this threat.
Bev
Dick J wrote:
> That IS scary John!!! We had better get ECTA,
> USFRA and SCTI/BNI all on the same sheet of music
> on this matter. Is there a salt racer/list
> member who is a lawyer and lives in Utah?
> Burying our head in the sand (salt) won't make
> this go away, and if we don't sit up and take
> notice, it will be like ignoring a notice of
> petition for divorce. You lose everything! I
> don't think any of our LSR organizations have the
> $$$ to fight this alone (nor should they be
> expected to), and I seriously doubt that a call
> for donations would help enough. But if we get a
> Utah-based LSR lawyer on board, and we get a
> ball-park figure for cost, then a special
> membership levy of a few extra dollars from all
> members could feed our legal fund. If ECTA,
> SCTA/BNI and USFRA assess all of their members a
> few extra bucks to pay an attorney for his time,
> we can fight this and win. If we ignore it,
> ZAMMO!
> NO LURKERS ON THIS - EVERYBODY SPEAK UP!!!
>
> Dick J
>
> --- John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> wrote:
> > Now this is a scary thought. Anybody know
> > anything more?
> >
> > John Beckett
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marsha Terry" <mterry@enol.com>
> > To: <usfra@saltflats.com>; <salt@ivic.net>;
> > <ofice@scta-bni.org>;
> > <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "Brian
> > Hawthorne" <brianh@inconnect.com>
> > Cc: "Brian Hawthorne" <brianh@inconnect.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 1:22 PM
> > Subject: IMPORTANT:Possible Salt Flats Issue
> >
> >
> > > I hope the subject got your attention. If I'm
> > writing to the wrong
> > > groups I apologize in advance. I did an
> > internet search for groups
> > > associated with racing on the Bonneville Salt
> > Flats and your
> > > organizations were part of the results. Let
> > me introduce myself. I am
> > > one of the Vice Presidents of the Utah 4
> > Wheel Drive Association. My
> > > focus for this organization is on land use
> > issues. Utah is the center of
> > > many land issues right now and if my source
> > is correct the salt flats is
> > > slated to be one of those issues very soon.
> > >
> > > The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA)
> > is an environmental
> > > organization. In their efforts to "save" the
> > land their main focus has
> > > been off highway vehicle access and stopping
> > that access to public land.
> > > In Utah that means BLM lands. SUWA currently
> > has a proposal before
> > > congress that would close 9 million acres of
> > public lands to any
> > > mechanized recreation. These are lands that
> > don't qualify for Wilderness
> > > according to the Wilderness Act. These lands
> > are wild places which are
> > > criss-crossed by numerous roads and trails
> > that the people of Utah have
> > > been using for generations. I don't know how
> > familiar you are with the
> > > wilderness debate so I don't want to bore
> > you. If you need more info
> > > please let me know. SUWA has been frustrated
> > in their efforts to get
> > > their Wilderness bill through Congress so
> > they are making an end run.
> > > They have filed a lawsuit which is asking the
> > court to force the BLM to
> > > close those 9 million acres to motorized
> > access. In essence if Congress
> > > won't pass their Wilderness bill they'll try
> > and force the issue with
> > > lawsuits.
> > >
> > > What does this have to do with salt flats
> > racing? Well SUWA has a few
> > > lawyers on the payroll and I guess they are
> > getting bored. One of those
> > > lawyers named Steve Bloch paid a visit to the
> > Salt Lake Area BLM office
> > > this past week. He was asking very pointed
> > questions about the impacts
> > > of racing to the Bonneville Salt Flats. My
> > question to you is...why
> > > would a SUWA lawyer want to know the impacts
> > of racing on the salt
> > > flats? Knowing what I know about SUWA this
> > doesn't bode well for your
> > > sport. This is just a heads up in the hopes
> > that all of the groups which
> > > use the salt flats will get together to fight
> > any threats to your sport.
> > >
> > > If the groups that use the salt flats are not
> > already organized can I
> > > recommend you put this on a fast track.
> > Chances are your organizations
> > > will be fighting some difficult battles in
> > the near future. There are
> > > organizations in Utah that can help you.
> > USA-ALL is probably the best
> > > equipped. Brian Hawthorne is the Executive
> > Director and the person you
> > > would want to contact for more info. He can
> > be reached at
> > > brianh@inconnect.com.
> > >
> > > Good Luck in what lies ahead
> > > Marsha Terry
> >
> >
> >
> >
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