tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post115621527702050560..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Park development a bad ideaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1156364982569447392006-08-23T13:29:00.000-07:002006-08-23T13:29:00.000-07:00WE used to cross country ski at Manning Park and s...WE used to cross country ski at Manning Park and saw no problem if we wished to stay overnight in one of the places close to but not in the park. win win for everyone. and of course we all knew the gas station sold things we might need, and it too was outside the park. The hotel inside the park was horribly expensive so beyond the means of many ordinary folks who want a days skiing and a quiet place to sleep. But money talks for the present government. They really don't think things out that well. Their big effort to make money inparking meters was a good example of small minds and greed. WE went up to some park up island, massive parking lot, two cars. Everyone else parked on the highway edge, making accidents much more likely. What a bunch of money grubbersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1156273950424901102006-08-22T12:12:00.000-07:002006-08-22T12:12:00.000-07:00Though I'm a tenter myself, I must admit I was amo...Though I'm a tenter myself, I must admit I was among those who initially bought this idea, thinking it only reasonable & fair to provide visitor facilities for those who don't or can't sleep in tents, with the added benefit of promoting economic activity in struggling coastal communities.<BR/><BR/>But your point is absolutely right on. This can and should be done on private lands outside the park boundaries, leaving the parks themselves intact and pristine.<BR/><BR/>The shortsightedness of this initiative will be hard to ignore, well into the future, and especially as we start to understand the priceless future worth of that pristine wilderness. I think the Liberals will foolishly alienate a big chunk of upscale green votes & moderate progressives who would have been theirs for the taking otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com