John and Group, just as sure as you're born this is just another
non-issue, foolish agitation from somebody about some hobgoblin. Sure,
there are environmental groups, sure they can hire lawyers to go
confront the BLM about this, that or the other. Sure, some of them are
fanatics and crackpots, and sure, they sometimes create a nuisance.
The fact is, the environment has to be used by people, and, the
environment has to be protected in a REASONABLE fashion from more abuse
than it can handle. But, I am quite certain that speed trials people,
to most of whom the Salt Flats is a hallowed place, create no adverse
impact on them by running with care a few times a year, and I'm quite
certain the BLM feels this way about it.
Anybody can complain about anything, and anybody can sue anybody about
anything, but the Law, the Courts, and Congress set great store by
precedent and tradition. The racers have been at Bonneville over 50
years, do not hurt it, and I am quite certain that politically, and
under the Law, this activity will be conducted there in 50 years and 100
years, the same as it is today.
I see no reason for speed trials people to get all upset and ride off in
all directions by a little spate of agitation like this. In all
likelihood it will disappear without a trace like a pebble tossed into a
pond. Cheers from ArdunBill (who has his toe in the water of local
politics) in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
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