Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Flight 93 Memorial -- Fine, but be Reasonable

From a USA Today report on 5/7/09 -
"The seven property owners own about 500 acres still needed for what will ultimately be a $58 million, 2,200-acre permanent memorial and national park at the crash site near Shanksville, about 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh."

It goes on to say the government will now condemn many parcels; some of these are very small, presumably because the "small owner" (non-rich) won't have the money to stop the proceedings. However, they are also taking single parcels of hundreds of acres.

The plane crashed on an area covering LESS THAN 50 ACRES. Why are we spending $58 MILLION, and taking over 2,000 acres? While I am not opposed to a memorial, certainly this is way-out-of-line.

Perhaps a simple aluminum (still have some of the plane somewhere??) plaque, lit using low-power LED's powered by solar cells. Security would be handled by both paid-locals and 24-hour cameras tied to the internet so if any vandalism is done pictures will be in the hands of the FBI before they can leave the scene.

Government has NO RIGHT to take from private citizens for non-essential activities. This "National Park" is not required; get this "right-sized".



[[ For those who think I don't care - well, you don't know me, so shut up. I was deeply shaken by the attacks, and if in better physical shape would have gone to fight them myself. ]]

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