SFGP cancelled

Robert Chung said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov21news2

'Plans for cycling race grind to halt: Grand Prix founders, city
officials disagree over who should pay'

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San Francisco's best-known bike race may have hit a dead end.

The organizer of the annual San Francisco Grand Prix, a pro race that
attracted some of the world's best cyclists, said in a written
statement Sunday that it will cancel next year's race because of a
raucous dispute with City Hall over who should pay for police and
other city services required for the event.

"Sadly, it's a no-win situation, and we simply cannot go forward,"
said David Chauner, director of San Francisco Cycling LLC, which
founded and runs the annual race.
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Read it at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/21/GRANDPRIX.TMP

J. Spaceman

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

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How do you cancel what wasn't going to happen anyway?

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

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........But Peskin said the city is getting rid of "a bad actor that has
repeatedly refused to pay its bills, or pay them on time."

Still, Peskin said he thought San Francisco Cycling scrubbed the event
because it was having trouble lining up the necessary funding, not because
of anything to do with City Hall. Even San Francisco Cycling said it had
lost money on previous races.

Peskin also said that San Francisco will host a new bike race in February --
part of the 700-mile Tour of California. Tour organizer AEG has promised to
reimburse the city the entire cost of policing the event, Peskin said.

"The net is that San Francisco will be just as well off,'' he said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/21/GRANDPRIX.TMP

In article <[email hidden]>, Jason Spaceman

Quoted message said:

Robert Chung said:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov21news2

'Plans for cycling race grind to halt: Grand Prix founders, city
officials disagree over who should pay'

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San Francisco's best-known bike race may have hit a dead end.

The organizer of the annual San Francisco Grand Prix, a pro race that
attracted some of the world's best cyclists, said in a written
statement Sunday that it will cancel next year's race because of a
raucous dispute with City Hall over who should pay for police and
other city services required for the event.

"Sadly, it's a no-win situation, and we simply cannot go forward,"
said David Chauner, director of San Francisco Cycling LLC, which
founded and runs the annual race.
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Read it at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/21/GRANDPRIX.TMP

Intersting in that the SF Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a
special meeting today to discusspassing a law that would have prevented
issuing a permit for the 06 race.

It is nearly impossible to do anything in San Francisco any more. The
Board of Supervisors actions are verging on being insane and the city
is falling apart.

It looks to me like they will only be satisfied when San Francisco is a
dim reflection of Berkeley with all business chased out of town and
decaying neighborhoods falling down around their ears.

You can always contact Aaron Peskin at [email hidden] if you
want to voice opinions to him directly.

Michael

Tom Kunich said:

It is nearly impossible to do anything in San Francisco any more. The
Board of Supervisors actions are verging on being insane and the city
is falling apart.

It always amazes me cities like San Francisco and Paris actually
function, yet are so disfunctional. The loss of the race is truly the
loss of a jewel from a crown sorely in need of them.

Quoted message said:

It looks to me like they will only be satisfied when San Francisco is a
dim reflection of Berkeley with all business chased out of town and
decaying neighborhoods falling down around their ears.

Well... Look what they did for the football stadium. It must be that
they hate cyclists. Just like pretty much every other city.

Tom Kunich said:

It is nearly impossible to do anything in San Francisco any more. The
Board of Supervisors actions are verging on being insane and the city
is falling apart.

It looks to me like they will only be satisfied when San Francisco is a
dim reflection of Berkeley with all business chased out of town and
decaying neighborhoods falling down around their ears.

While the dynamic dimwit duo of Peskin and Daly are always good for a
laugh and the Board of Supe antics are actually insane, the suggestion
that either SF or Berkeley are falling apart is laughable. The
semi-decayed neighborhoods persist in both these tony enclaves because
of draconian rent control regulations.

The only thing chasing business out of town is the unreal real estate
prices:

from http://hpci.coldwellbanker.com/hpci_press.aspx

The top 10 most expensive college markets for home prices in 2005 are:

Rank School Town 2005 Avg. Price
1 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. $1,550,000
2 UCLA/USC Los Angeles $1,274,342
3 California Berkeley, Calif. $1,186,500
4 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. $811,525
5 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. $674,250
6 Miami Coral Gables, Fla. $671,854
7 Colorado Boulder, Colo. $546,350
8 Maryland College Park, Md. $462,035
9 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. $397,133
10 Washington Seattle $386,600

Gabe Brovedani - living in Oakland where industry actually has been
chased away.