[Fot] Fw: Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park Help Needed

[Ron Jones]

This is an email I recived from VARA concernig the proposed new track NE of Los Angeles.

--- On Fri, 12/11/09, vara at rrevs.net <vara at rrevs.net> wrote:

> From: vara at rrevs.net <vara at rrevs.net>
> Subject: Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park Help Needed
> To: earthron at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 8:42 PM
> December 7, 2009
> 
> Dear Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park Supporters,
> 
> Thank you all very much for your continued support of
> FBMP.  We are nearing the home stretch for L.A. county
> approval of the project and hoping we can count on your
> support once again.  
> 
> As you may recall from my letter in September, we were
> very encouraged at the first hearing by the County Planning
> Commission's staff recommendation of the project for
> approval.  We were then scheduled for our second public
> hearing on December 2, but it was recently postponed and the
> location changed by the county.  The new date is this
> Saturday February 6 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lancaster Regional
> Public Library, 601 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, Calif. 
> Please plan to attend the hearing if you can.
> 
> As you may have guessed, opponents asked for a change of
> venue that they hope will benefit their cause.  As with the
> first hearing, interested persons can attend and will have
> an opportunity to testify.  We had a great turnout of
> supporters last September in Los Angeles but with the second
> hearing relocated to Lancaster, your support is even more
> important.   We hope you can join us.
> 
> Many of you have called asking 'what can we do?'
>  We need more letters of support!  
> 
> The county is again accepting letters as part of its
> consideration of the project.  Opposition groups have
> organized their own letter writing campaign and have sent
> over 100 letters since the first hearing.  If you did not
> send a letter of support prior to the first hearing, you
> have another chance to be heard.  Letters should be
> addressed to Mr. Jodie Sackett, Los Angeles County,
> Department of Regional Planning, Room 1382, 320 West Temple
> St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.  Alternatively, you can e-mail
> Jodie: jsackett at planning.lacounty.gov
> with a copy to us.
> 
> You can also send your support comments directly to Los
> Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Mike Antonovich via
> e-mail at: FifthDistrict at lacbos.org.
>  If you do, please make sure to copy Jodie Sackett. 
> 
> If you would like to read about the project in detail
> and view updates, all of the official documents (including
> the Draft Environmental Impact Report) can be viewed on the
> county's Web site:  Click
> Here
> 
> Also, our own website is nearly complete; it will be the
> go-to resource for the most current information about the
> project.  We will send out an announcement as soon as it is
> ready.
> 
> We have been working for seven years toward the dream of
> creating the first new dedicated road racing facility in the
> L.A. area in over fifty years.  We're closer to approval
> than ever, but not there yet.  If you too want to see
> Fairmont Butte Motorsports Park become a reality, please let
> your voice be heard!
> 
> Thank you again for your support.
> 
> Respectfully, 
> 
> Thomas E. Malloy