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Re: I&M Canal and Henepin Canal parks closing
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Mike Kruger
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Sep 03, 2008 19:38 PDT
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I'm still a bit lost here. When they close the Hennepin Canal state park, are they closing the [lame and seemingly little used] visitor's center, actually closing the trail itself (e.g. "no trespassing'), and/or saying they will do no maintenance?
In other words, is there really a plan here, or just Blago's posturing? After all, he got to be America's most unpopular governor on merit. http://mikekr.blogspot.com/2008/08/whos-popular-governor.html
Michigan did something similar to Kal-Haven and Van Buren trail state parks in SW Michigan. Maintenance got taken over by Van Buren County [even the parts in Kalamazoo County], although the trails are still called state parks. That's probably not an option on the entire length of Hennepin or I&M, but may be an option for parts in, say, Grundy County.
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From: H Kap
To: DLBO-@aol.com ; coac-@ameritech.net ; ilcyc-@topica.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: I&M Canal and Henepin Canal parks closing
Good post, DLBOWEN.
We should do both. We should be good soldiers for bike advocacy and
promptly make contact when our advocacy organizations ask us to, and we
should use our resourcefulness to offer solutions.
Howard K
Chicago
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 07:41:46 EDT, DLBO-@aol.com said:
>
> Hello again bikers,
>
> I'm not familiar with these two parks. What is the reason for the
> closures?
> Rather than just dropping a line, how about some solutions to the
> problems be
> sought? It's like going to your boss and complaining about something,
> it's a
> whole lot more productive to bring a solution than just bringing the
> problem.
> If it's all funding, maybe organize a charity bike ride or find
> corporate
> sponsors, maybe they need volunteers to marshal the area, maybe they need
> volunteers to maintain the parks. The biking community is a resourceful
> bunch, help
> find solutions . . . perhaps we can be more than a squeaky wheel!
>
> In a message dated 09/02/2008 9:05:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> coac-@ameritech.net writes:
>
> > Hello bikers,
> >
> > I am forwarding an email I received tonight. Please click on the link below
> > to help keep the trails and Parks open.
> >
> >
> > Hi Mike:
> >
> >
> > The Governor of Illinois’s office recently announced that the State of
> > Illinois will be closing the I&M and Hennepin Canal State Parks.
> > While it’s unclear whether the State will put “trail closed” signs up,
> > there is no apparent money to maintain them and fallen trees, washouts, and other
> > issues will undoubtedly happen.
> >
> > Please help pass the words to help keep the trail open by contacting the
> > governor’s office. 217-782-0244, 312-814-2121, or
> > www.illinois.gov/helpdesk/contact.cfm and click on the “Governor’s on Line Contact Form”
> >
> > Maria Lenz
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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