Arundel Problem and solutions

[Tompaleo@aol.com]

Hi Everyone,

I promise to not keep emailing out blanket thank you's to everone and this is 
my last such thank you. So thanks to the latest group of kind souls who fired 
off an email to the principals involved in this burgeoning fiasco! 

 What I am preparing to do, is print out every freaking email individuals of 
the  assembled mind were kind enough to send to my governor, his minions and 
myself, and send them along _again_ ala snail mail with another warm letter 
from myself as per Dr. Holtz's suggestion. Ditto for those off line notes of 
support unless anyone has objections. Please do so before the end of the 
week. I have also, placed a long distance call to the owner of the quarry, 
exhorting him to not deal with the DNR/Md., Gov under the current situation, 
pointing out to him that nearly the "entire" paleo community is opposed to 
this (as currently billed) and that his and our needs would best be served by 
dealing with the Paleobiological Fund.  Hopefully, this puts some hesitation 
in his mind. 

I also want to point out to the assembeld mind that I have heard off the 
grapevine that unless .."we present a unified front" <sic>, regarding the 
"saving" of this site, the state of Maryland and DNR might be forced to back 
out not wishing to be embroiled in controversey. 

I say to hell with them and boil them until they see it our way! Controversey 
is exactly what I seek, at least and until, my concerns and our concerns are 
addressed to our satisfaction! 

Keep up the pressure! Pass this around to your friends and onto other mailing 
lists and news groups. 

Keep in mind one thing though. The Dinosaur Park is a go and I am not oppsoed 
to this. Their property abuts my site and anyone who attended Dinofest in 
Philly back in 1998 may ave seen the "planned site".  Even back then, when 
the current operators had assured me that there was going to be "no deal" 
regarding this, a certain someone had essentially sold this idea to the 
politicans as a done deal.  
What I don't wish to see is their "acquiring" my site as _part_ of said park 
for the reasons enumerated by me in many previous posts. That is the core 
issue. They can and will still have their kiddie park but hopefully without 
my site! I have presented a viable alternative which gives everyone the best 
of both worlds but they don't seem to give a rat's ass what I think. This 
does not surprise me....

Thanks to everyone!

Tom

Thomas R. Lipka
Geobiological  Research
2733 Kildaire Drive
Baltimore, Md. 21234 USA