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From: "Bruce Jensen" <bpnjensen@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] A 6-Lane Freeway Over Mt. Hamlton?
> > ``Two things keep this country pristine: the shortage of water and bad
> > roads,'' said Gary Stoddard, whose family has been ranching since 1896
> > on
> > 8,500 acres in San Antonio Valley. ``It would change the character back
> > here. The people who have been here a long time certainly would not be
> > in
> > favor of it.''
>
> I know Gary Stoddard - he's a great guy who lets us use his property for
> astronomy. I'm with him.
>
It would sure be nice to have some improvement in the traffic problem. Rep
Pomba is right about that. However there must be some other way to do it
than to trash Mt Hamilton.
It is too bad that Mt Hamiliton has been sort of swallowed up by the cities
below too. But the valley certainly was a far different place when it was
built back in the 1880s. It would have been hard for Mr. Lick to envision
what it has become.