06-13-2011, 11:35 AM
Chris,
Your cause is a noble one and I shudder to think that one person has that kind of authority and short-sightedness to be able to pull the plug. I'm guessing that some 90% of the members here would be willing to jump in and help given the chance and ability. Your main problem with that is location. I live in Arizona, a good 2500 miles away and I'm relatively close compared to other folks. Is it possible that we could help being so far away? If so, let us know what we can do. It's sickening to see yet another piece of history being threatened. There's got to be more to this than his dislike for the appearance of a "distraction". Someone with a soul would help organize a campaign to get things moving along to make this a showplace. I'm betting that shortly, we'll find the station is torn down and replaced by yet another Walgreen's, Denny's or a mega-screen theater, and the mayor will be driving around in a brand new BMW that he found in his driveway when he got back from his vacation in Hawaii.
Your cause is a noble one and I shudder to think that one person has that kind of authority and short-sightedness to be able to pull the plug. I'm guessing that some 90% of the members here would be willing to jump in and help given the chance and ability. Your main problem with that is location. I live in Arizona, a good 2500 miles away and I'm relatively close compared to other folks. Is it possible that we could help being so far away? If so, let us know what we can do. It's sickening to see yet another piece of history being threatened. There's got to be more to this than his dislike for the appearance of a "distraction". Someone with a soul would help organize a campaign to get things moving along to make this a showplace. I'm betting that shortly, we'll find the station is torn down and replaced by yet another Walgreen's, Denny's or a mega-screen theater, and the mayor will be driving around in a brand new BMW that he found in his driveway when he got back from his vacation in Hawaii.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD