FYI: "Barbaric Action" Concerning Regaining Access to Pinnacles NP

[mtoma...@outlook.com]

Hello, all,

I'm getting nervous about identifying an appropriate spot for a March 21-22 "Messier Marathon" on/near the central coast.  And I got antsy waiting for one of you who is much smarter and diplomatic than I am to solve the problem of regaining access to the west entrance parking lot at Pinnacles National Park.

So I just took "barbaric action".

That is, I just submitted an on-line request for help to Representative Jimmy Panetta (whose 19th Congressional District includes the town where I live) and to Representative Zoe Lofgren (whose 18th Congressional District includes Pinnacles National Park).

The on-line contact form does not allow for a long message.  So I submitted the two shorter messages shown in colored bold font below.  They include a link to a PDF document that contains a much longer explanation and request.

If you have any interest in regaining easy in/out access to the Pinnacles National Park west entrance for stargazing under dark skies, please consider submitting your own request to either of these representatives.  (Or reach out to your own representative.)  Plagiarize my messages as you see fit.  And please clean up and correct the errors in what I wrote.  :-)

Thanks!

To submit a message to Jimmy Panetta:  https://panetta.house.gov/contact

To submit a message to Zoe Lofgren:  https://lofgren.house.gov/contact

What I submitted to Jimmy Panetta:

On behalf of the interests of amateur astronomers in and near CA’s 19th district, I am seeking your help in re-gaining public access to Pinnacles National Park west entrance parking lot after sunset.

This contact form does not provide enough space for me to explain what this is about.  So please paste the link below into a web browser address field to download a safe PDF document that details the background of this request for help.

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/2209/For%20Jimmy%20Panetta.pdf

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.


What I submitted to Zoe Lofgren:

On behalf of the interests of amateur astronomers in and near CA’s 18th district, I am seeking your help in re-gaining public access to Pinnacles National Park west entrance parking lot after sunset.

This contact form does not provide enough space for me to explain what this is about.  So please paste the link below into a web browser address field to download a safe PDF document that details the background of this request for help.

https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/2210/For%20Zoe%20Lofgren.pdf

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.

[Vishal Kasliwal]

You know, we should just start inviting the representatives to join us....

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[Ted Hauter]

Indeed.

Has anyone gotten Musk under the stars to show him we may lose this?

Need to start somewhere.

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