Prototype Issue
Step 1: Move In Next to Race Track Step 2: Ban Drifting
Posted by david
I feel like there's something wrong with this picture... How can you move in next to a racetrack and complain that people are using it.
http://jalopnik.com/cars/commentary/neighbors-manage-to-ban-drifting-at-altamont-speedway-255185.php
This is ridiculous, not sure how our government is set up here in CA, but why should you be able to enforce policy on a pre-established business with WELL KNOWN externalities. I think this kind of crap just encourages people to be stupid and/or catty.
“The Rivards purchased a plot of land next to the track in 1999. Rivard, an executive at a staffing firm as well as a self-proclaimed former motocross racer, built a motocross track as well as a house on the property. He and his family moved there in December 2005, shortly after Lakeside Motorsports-Altamont, LLC - a group of investors that includes Bay Area businessmen and a Burbank developer - purchased the track.
Neither Rivard nor other members of Community for a Better Altamont returned calls seeking comment. Condren said he expects them to continue fighting the track.
‘To the Rivards, Altamont Motorsports Park is an absolute,” he said. “There is no middle ground—they want it absolutely gone. And that is not an option.’”
Source: Tracy Press March 23 2007 [tracypress.com]—from http://jalopnik.com/cars/commentary/neighbors-manage-to-ban-drifting-at-altamont-speedway-255185.php
To what extent should we be allowed to impose our will on the surrounding (established?) community??
Amazing... Posted by srao 451 days ago
It will be interesting to see if the local drifting community shows up en-masse at the next town meeting.
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