Trestles "Saved" and other battles
Well, the work continues . . .
Slowly but surely, both on my laptop and in various places along this nations' oceans, work is continuing to ensure that our future coastlines resemble someplace you'd actually like spending some time at. Last week, as some of you may have heard, there was a pretty big victory (depending on who you ask, I guess) for opponents of a toll road in California which would have cut through San Onofre State Park and the San Mateo Creek Watershed. It was (again, depending on who you ask, but I consider myself to be in this camp) a pretty great moment for folks that would like to see more sensitive development occur along or near our coastlines, and it was a great day for surfers. The whole story is far too long to be analyzed in detail in this venue, but there is some excellent commentary about a number of factors surrounding the issue in various places on the web (here, for example) . . . and while I can't quite do it justice right this moment, I really hope that somebody out there is going to give it some serious attention in more, shall we say, scholarly circles. Though it is still in very recent history, and while the story is far from over, the whole matter deserves some serious study and attention in coastal planning circles . . . I'm sure some industrious scholar/surfer has a book/thesis/article in the works, can't wait to read it.
In other news, I've been at it on the website and the progress is . . . slow. I feel that I'm making headway but my inefficiencies as a web-developer are becoming woefully apparent, so I'm going to start actively looking for a web developer soon. However! I'm pretty pleased that work is getting done, things are coming along and falling into place, I am getting quicker at it even if I'm slow and what feedback I have gotten from various individuals has been all positive, so I'm still plugging away at it and by the end of the week . . . oh, what's the use at making predictions, we'll just wait and see. If only I had this one's patience . . .
. . . they live longer than we do you know? I took a moment after a meeting yesterday to visit Sea Turtle Inc. All I can say is "Keep up the great work Jeff." It was a nice reminder of what an amazing place the Island and the Gulf of Mexico is and how many great people are working hard to keep it that way.
Slowly but surely, both on my laptop and in various places along this nations' oceans, work is continuing to ensure that our future coastlines resemble someplace you'd actually like spending some time at. Last week, as some of you may have heard, there was a pretty big victory (depending on who you ask, I guess) for opponents of a toll road in California which would have cut through San Onofre State Park and the San Mateo Creek Watershed. It was (again, depending on who you ask, but I consider myself to be in this camp) a pretty great moment for folks that would like to see more sensitive development occur along or near our coastlines, and it was a great day for surfers. The whole story is far too long to be analyzed in detail in this venue, but there is some excellent commentary about a number of factors surrounding the issue in various places on the web (here, for example) . . . and while I can't quite do it justice right this moment, I really hope that somebody out there is going to give it some serious attention in more, shall we say, scholarly circles. Though it is still in very recent history, and while the story is far from over, the whole matter deserves some serious study and attention in coastal planning circles . . . I'm sure some industrious scholar/surfer has a book/thesis/article in the works, can't wait to read it.
In other news, I've been at it on the website and the progress is . . . slow. I feel that I'm making headway but my inefficiencies as a web-developer are becoming woefully apparent, so I'm going to start actively looking for a web developer soon. However! I'm pretty pleased that work is getting done, things are coming along and falling into place, I am getting quicker at it even if I'm slow and what feedback I have gotten from various individuals has been all positive, so I'm still plugging away at it and by the end of the week . . . oh, what's the use at making predictions, we'll just wait and see. If only I had this one's patience . . .
. . . they live longer than we do you know? I took a moment after a meeting yesterday to visit Sea Turtle Inc. All I can say is "Keep up the great work Jeff." It was a nice reminder of what an amazing place the Island and the Gulf of Mexico is and how many great people are working hard to keep it that way.
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