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August 16, 2007
Marvin's Garden
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| Photo: An enthusiastic gardener A few days ago Grace Marvin of the Sierra Club Yahi Group had a letter printed in the E-R about one of my blogs. I figured I might as well respond. She felt I misstated her sect's position on disc golf in the blog (here is what I wrote). The point of the blog was not about Grace or her fellows, it was about a position they printed 5 years ago and the author who now leads the charge to remove people from the park. I thought that was bipolar. Especially since 2 months after the article was printed lawyers were hired to stop the recreation project. I don't think Ms. Marvin actually read the blog. But she was nice enough to email me her new 2007 position. She no longer supports people in parks, at least as far as disc golf goes. Other than that, I don't know much about Grace. I'm sure she's a nice person and believes what she's doing is right. And to her credit I don't believe she's hired any lawyers to force everyone else to agree with her, like other people have. So don't think I'm directing this post at her. I just wanted to respond to her letter, and I couldn't resist going for the monopoly property / blog title word play. Chicoans should be aware of how the disc golf EIR potentially distributes the spoils of our little land war. The option the preservationists are pulling for is the one where the site is "restored". Or they want to throw out the $500,000 Master Plan they demanded in 2003. No quarter will be given otherwise. To what condition would the site be restored? Nobody knows. I hope it wouldn't need to be taken back to the dinosaur era. Is restoration less expensive than other options? No. There would be environmental consultants galore nosing around for some city money and all the big project expenses remain (parking, access, overlooks). In fact this would become a high priced preservationist gardening project. But if this scenario comes to pass we can all be happy when we look at our beautiful park from a distance, and wonder at the glory of land untouched by man. |
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| Side Note: I've
read an editorial and a letter to the editor suggesting that a disc golf
project would impact the Grande
Old Humboldt Road. That's not really true. Parking lots could impact the
road, but they could also be adjusted not to. All but one project option
has parking, including the "restoration option". The only option that doesn't
build a parking lot is the one where the city leaves everything exactly
how it is (that's the "no project" option). I have a hard time believing that an old dirt road would be impacted by tennis shoes. And people that complain about the aesthetic impact of putting a parking lot near a road might need medication. Just my opinion. I don't think working around that temporal turnpike would be a problem if it was desirable. |
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CI Challenge: Can you guess what it is? Winner: D. Erickson, and it comes with a stock tip. |
Posted by Lon at August 16, 2007 12:00 AM
Comments
Well its some sort of logo, it has saturn like ring but I can't quit figure out the significance of the right pointing element. It could be some sort of sundial.
Seems astronomical in nature, but can't quite place it.
Posted by: Anthony Watts at August 15, 2007 11:25 PM
That would be the Boeing symbol. By the way, good time to buy some BA.
Posted by: D.Erickson at August 16, 2007 08:21 PM
D.
Thanks for posting. You got it right, and left us with a solid stock tip. What could be more valuable.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at August 16, 2007 08:31 PM
QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE:
"I have a hard time believing that an old dirt road would be impacted by tennis shoes."
Ahh, but that's where you're wrong, Mr. G. You see, I plan to come to the park in stilettos.
Very damaging to dirt roads.
Sorry, just being a jerk. Good blog! I'll be back.
Posted by: Laurie at August 17, 2007 09:49 PM
Laurie,
I'm sorry but the park is for nature loving people in tennis shoes, not nature loving people in stilettos. There are very specifc rules that must be followed if you want to be considered a real nature lover, and not just an average uninformed park user and tax payer.
As far as I know the rules aren't written down. The best way to get them right is to find somebody already in the "in crowd", and do and say everything they say. It's a lot like fitting in in high school but without the all of the deep thought.
We'll get there together if you like. When is Orland building a disc golf course?
Lon
Posted by: Lon at August 18, 2007 08:22 AM