2008 Woodie Awards
Cutting Away at Humboldt
Jared Rossman
Issue date: 1/23/08 Section: Letters to the Editor
Editor,
It is becoming increasingly clear that the plan to widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park at the County's southern entrance is merely an attempt by
Arkley and Co.'s Big Money to Santa Rosa-ize and over-develop beautiful Humboldt County.
The "aid to the cattlemen" ploy is a red herring: livestock haulers have already been granted the exemption they need to bring over-sized trucks up and down the 101
corridor.
The California Highway Patrol reported (in Aug., 2005, after seven years of this exemption) no traffic problems with the existing road through the Park's grand entry amidst ancient redwoods.
The real reasons for this destructive boondoggle? Allowing the even longer, immense tractor-trailers required by 1) Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other big box super stores; and 2) the industrialized Oakland-style dangerous container port craved by developers, now that the railroad has been shown unfeasible.
Why do we live here? It's time to make a stand for a local, clean, sustainable and decent-sized commerce and lifestyle!
Sincerely, Jared Rossman
It is becoming increasingly clear that the plan to widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park at the County's southern entrance is merely an attempt by
Arkley and Co.'s Big Money to Santa Rosa-ize and over-develop beautiful Humboldt County.
The "aid to the cattlemen" ploy is a red herring: livestock haulers have already been granted the exemption they need to bring over-sized trucks up and down the 101
corridor.
The California Highway Patrol reported (in Aug., 2005, after seven years of this exemption) no traffic problems with the existing road through the Park's grand entry amidst ancient redwoods.
The real reasons for this destructive boondoggle? Allowing the even longer, immense tractor-trailers required by 1) Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other big box super stores; and 2) the industrialized Oakland-style dangerous container port craved by developers, now that the railroad has been shown unfeasible.
Why do we live here? It's time to make a stand for a local, clean, sustainable and decent-sized commerce and lifestyle!
Sincerely, Jared Rossman
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