Save Bridgehampton

["Bob W." <zcritter@netaxis.com>]

Please help and save the Bridgehampton Race Circuit.

Bob Devol has posted the following to the web:

Save Bridgehampton!!!!!!

Okay, you’ve all heard about the recent unfortunate Southampton Town
Board approval of the golf course plan
for historic Bridgehampton Race Circuit.  And you’ve heard me tell you
that we ain’t dead yet, but I can’t say
exactly why.

Here’s one reason why...One of the BRHG’s staunchest allies has been the
Hon. Stacey Kaufman, a New York
State judge and neighbor of the Bridge.  (We told you we had friends
down there, and she’s a valuable one.) 
Judge Kaufman has told us that she is requesting that action be taken by
the New York State Attorney General
to initiate a proceeding for review under Article 78 of NY State law.  
This state proceeding can review the
procedures of the Town Board’s approval the golf course plan.  Now,
without getting too deep in legal
mumbo-jumbo, the fact is that these proceedings could delay golf course
construction for years.  And it could
ultimately lead to a court order that rejects the golf course plan
entirely.  It could also lead to a renegotiation of
the onerous local noise ordinance.  But the Attorney General needs to be
convinced that this should be done.

A large letter writing campaign is being mounted in the local
community.  But letters from you, racers
everywhere, will greatly help to convince the Attorney General to
initiate these proceedings.  So it’s important
that you write right now to the officials listed below stating these
reasons to review the golf course approval:

1.)  The potential positive economic impact of the Circuit will be lost
to the community.  Tell the Attorney
General how much you spend in local communities on race weekends, he
needs to hear it!  The golf course can’t
compete with the race track on economic terms.  Prove it.

2.)  An historic site which has local, national and international
significance will be lost forever.  Bridgehampton
Race Circuit continues the 80-year tradition of motorsports in
Southampton, and is known world-wide as the site
of some of the great events in road racing history.  Pour it on!

3.)  The potential for water pollution from the golf course is a real
threat, and race tracks -- including the Bridge
-- have a long history of being environmentally friendly, particularly
to ground water.

Send letters right now -- don’t delay -- to these officials urging them
to contact the attorney general and demand
a review...

The Hon. Michael T. Forbes
1550 William Floyd Parkway
Shirley, NY 11967

The Hon. Kenneth P. LaValle
325 Middle Country Road
Selden, NY  11784

(Forbes is the U.S. Congressman, LaValle the N.Y. State Senator)

And finally, but most importantly, to the N.Y. State Attorney General:

The Hon. Dennis J. Vacco
State Capitol
Albany, NY  12224

Please do it right away.  There’s no time lose!  Remember, the Bridge
will become a "dead issue" only if we let it
be so.

Thank you from the BRHG...
Bob Devol

Please support the effort to save the Bridge.

Bob W. B>}
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