Rich -- I have a feeling that those Supers are really worried about having
their towns become weekend hangouts for a certain demographic which, in the
Bay Area at least, has gotten into modifying the small import sedans. It's
just not PC especially around Norcal to state the real reasons.
>From my viewpoint I'm not sure I'd want some of those juveniles
"discovering" the curvy mountain roads between the SF Bay metropolitan
lowlands and Half Moon Bay on the Coast.
The other factor is that in the past 20 years many of the local cities have
had their turn, much to the locals' chagrin, with unorganized cruise nights.
I'm sure this is much in the minds of the county supervisors.
What was really sad was the missed opportunity to get access to the Alameda
Naval Air Station as a land speed venue when it closed a few years ago.
There was an effort made by several people at the time to get something
going there but there just wasn't the money, political clout, nor the will
to make it happen. So Oakland got to keep its "side shows" along with its
nightly gunfights.
Ed Weldon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
Cc: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:06 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] modified street cars
> That was then. Now when a similar proposal was made to reopen Half Moon
bay
> for the same reason as it was opened in '57 the supervisors said "It sends
> the wrong message" Today's youth should be more interested in public
> transportation. Damn the evidence to the contrary looking you in the face.
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