[at-l] The Reverend and sundry matters

[WHHAWKINS@aol.com (WHHAWKINS@aol.com)]

He was ONE of MANY people who worked on all of these. 
He by himself is NOT responsible for saving anything!

Wildbill


In a message dated 5/17/2001 11:46:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ellen@clinic.net writes:


> I sensed that the reverend or his alter ego lead the fight to preserve the 
> several thousand acres
> near Max Patch last year. And he lead the largely successful effort to gain 
> public support for the
> preservation of Saddleback, though in the end we failed in gaining 
> meaningful protection for the
> mountain. He certainly joined with others and was ahead of the ATC in his 
> efforts
> to thwart the Putnam mine.
> 
> There is no doubt about his dedication to the trail. There is some doubt 
> about whether he uses that dedication
> wisely.
> 
> But then, no one's perfect. Not even RnR, who also is dedicated to the 
> trail -- if not always
> wisely.
> 
> Having been involved in these matters for more decades than I like to think 
> about, I try to accept
> the good that people do and work against the bad. In my experience there 
> should be no permanent enemies
> among dedicated people, just disagreement over tactics that sadly are 
> sometimes expressed so forcefully as
> to do damage.
> 




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