“We’re blessed to live in the United States of America. It’s one of the greatest places on Earth. And of all the United States, we live in California, one of the neatest places that there could be in the States. And of all the places in California, we live in Mammoth Lakes. What people all over the world eveyrday pray for and wish to God they had more of, we have in abundance. And…and we shit the bed, man…” – Steve Searles, Mammoth Lakes Wildlife Officer – “The Bear Whisperer”
This is likely the most powerful of the 4 “The Town” segments by Powder Magazine. Seeing how the leaders of Mammoth Lakes really feel about what happened is very revealing.
Read full article and watch Part III of “The Town” right here:
Part III “The Fall”
In December 2000, the Federal Aviation Administration approved the airport layout plan. To the small group of people who negotiated the Development Agreement, this seemed to absolve any potential mistakes made while drafting the contract.
But not everyone liked the FAA’s decision. Conservationists grew concerned. An expanded airport meant potentially tens of thousands of additional visitors to the Eastern Sierra, which would leave an unknown tread on the environment.
The conservationist organizations, along with the state of California, sued the US Department of Transportation “including the FAA” for approving the project. They argued that the environmental impact on the Town was never fully considered.
The judge sided with the state and conservationists. He blocked the plan, saying it would move forward only if the airport performed an additional environmental examination. – Powder Magazine
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Gonna take a long time to fix this.
Seems like simple mistakes. Coulda been avoided. Ballas is pretty evil. There was middle ground that he didn’t wanna consider
The opening statement says it all. Wow.