Thanks Wes for keeping us on top of these situations. Weather you ever
run at Bonneville or not we all need to think about a contribution to "Save
the Salt" to preserve this ultimate race venue.
And if you guys think things are getting a little rough now, Al Gore and
his cronies will really upset the apple cart.
John Beckett, LSR #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
To: "land-speed list" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:30 AM
Subject: Salt Flats
> List,
> For your information ... Rick Vesco and the off road vehicle dealers in
Utah
> are battling an incredibly well financed (one point three million dollars
> from Donald Trump) attempt to close all BLM lands in Utah to off road
> vehicles. The lawyer the dealers hired was Orrin Hatch's public lands man
> for years in Washington and knows his stuff. The BLM people have had to
> spend their time opening files rather than doing what they are supposed to
> be doing in order to have answers for the gangs of environmentalist
lawyers.
> The salt flats are part of this. There have been week long seminars in
the
> D C Beltway area teaching people how to impose their will on the
> "locals" as they call us. This is a structured attempt.
>
> Any salt racer who votes for Gore and his environmental agenda will
deserve
> what he or she gets!
>
> So far they have no grounds to bother us on the salt because we have been
> the only ones working at preserving the area but they are trying to close
> all other BLM areas around the salt flats.
>
> When you hear how "bad" the Utah congressional delegation is on
> environmental issues just be glad they are aware of the real situation and
> will vote accordingly. This from a state where Clinton came in third in
the
> last election.
>
> Reilly pumped 320,000 tons of salt onto the racing surface in March
> according to Save the Salt Chairman, Larry Volk.
>
> Save the salt!
>
> Wes Potter Secretary, Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
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