This is the piece I had hoped never to write. I am angry
and disgusted, venomous and spiteful, saddened for us all. A
clique of Stumptown Brahmins, fattened on inheritance,
attorney fees, the spoils of computer software and trustfunds
have begun gouging at the tore - and secondary dunes at
Chapman Point. Oh, yes. It's all very legal and proper.
All the site plans, developer s renderings and legal
machinations have been lubed and polished. Five thousand
to ten thousand square foot manses will soon hunker down
on thousands of yards of concrete, hard testimony to a
certain kind of modern success, or what passes for success in
a small, sour time, a dark history window.
My friends plead with me to relax. "Be flexible, they
say. "If you don't you'll go crazy." Maybe so, but I will
have my say first.
...
Some years ago the State of Oregon was approached by
the property's owner, requesting the land be included in state
lands, left in perpetuity as natural dune. His heirs and
executors, apparently keener on collecting art trinketry an
personal aggrandizement than in preserving natural beauty,
have decided to sell ott to the highest bidder.
"Let's soften the sinecure, Herbert. Crushed velour is
nice, but real leather feels much nicer on the bum. And it’s
affordable now!"
I curse them and their progeny for 100 generations. In
the 1960's, a plan was proposed by a group in the
community to place arc lights on Haystack Rock, fully
illuminating the rock, so that tourists could see it at night.
A walkway up its face was suggested. This idiocy was
summarily quashed by the federal government which
recognized the rock as a wildfowl refuge.
We live in a fat, bloated time. The natural world, places
of inherent beauty, have few champions and defenders.
One's sensibilities reel from the blows. How many Opal
Creeks, Hoh Rivers, and Chapman Points must we sully
and grind into rubble and wood chips before we see?
Is it fitting that Yosemite be turned into a nature theme
park for recreational vehicle families? Should Ninja Turtles
scale the slopes of Saddle Mountain? Should Oregon
beaches really be paved with asphalt as Reverend Hults
suggests, so that people will have greater automobile
access? Will we pass the comer newspaper stand one
morning to discover that Ecola Park has been bequeathed to
the former distinguished Oregon Senator, Bob Packwood, tor
his many years of trusted service?
Nothing surprises me anymore.
An O J. Simpson juror plans to sell photos of her naked
body to Playboy Magazine.
Inheritors set a price on the priceless land at Chapman
Point and sell it off to some tired Boeing executive or hack
lawyer from Lake Oswego.
Wake up people. You're asleep in your own mire. Have
you no shame?
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