SAVE DONNER SUMMIT Read the definitive work on the West's water crisis: "CADILLAC DESERT - The American West and Its Disappearing Water" by Marc Reisner. See other Suggested Reading "If you've got 'em by the balls, their heart and mind will follow." - Lyndon B. Johnson

This page contains links or copies of various contributions, cartoons, articles, videos, rants, wailings, and other items of interest submitted to the webmaster by visitors to the site.

Videos

These videos are posted on youtube, and a lot of fun to watch. They are testimonies to the energy and brain power behind the people who support "Save Donner Summit".

• A Donner Summit Night Before Christmas (video). Happy Holidays to All.
• A video of the "Burma Shave" signs.
• A cute animated video of "A Winter Carnival on Donner Summit"
• A video of scenes of life in Donner Summit/Serene Lakes.
• A video by the Union Newspaper: Changing Donner Summit.
• A video of what the Serene Lakes may turn into with all the added people.
• A video of what the dredging of the lakes might entail.

Poems

We The People living on Donner Summit come from many diverse backgrounds but share common values. We are atypical; not the sorts that spent their time being bored, watching TV, and being coach potatoes. We are tough, entrepreneurs, and independent. We love nature, and do not mind being snowed-in for days in our cabins. Donner Summit makes us feel alive and ourselves. We are the product of a natural selection process driven by the harsh Summit weather. We could have elected to settle in Northstar, Squaw Valley, or Sugar Bowl, had we desired such city-like lifestyles; no, we prefer the current rural settings. The road around the lake is our community center; we do not need Starbucks, and malls!

They are many more people like us. Unfortunately, Royal Gorge LLC. does not understand that "market". So they propose to destroy the village in order to save it.

• A Donner Summit Christmas Carol by KTG.
• A poem from Tamara
• Two more poems from Tamara
• Ten reasons to listen to Joni Mitchell's "BIG YELLOW TAXI"

Other Contributions

• Highly recommended: Suggested Reading/Viewing
• Last Child in the Woods vs. Royal Gorge LLC.
• Nimbyism
• Political contributions by Foster/Syme/Royal Gorge LLC
• A brief overview of how the CEQA process works.
• A concise overview of planning in California.
• Placer County's Royal Gorge website-Placer Planning has an info website
• Roadshows- various public presentations/info booths made to save donners summit

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A large development project in the Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada has secured a portion of the $700 Billion Bailout funds (Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP), co-owner Todd Foster announced late yesterday afternoon, saying that he hoped the development of over 1000 housing units and a major ski area could now move quickly forward.

"Even though we are not a bank, Kirk (Symes, his co-partner in Royal Gorge LLC) and I immediately applied for rescue funding. Two days ago, we received a phone call from someone at the San Francisco office of the Federal Reserve who said that our package had been approved and was ready to pickup! We are ecstatic!"

Reportedly, Kirk Symes and project manager Mike Livak drove to San Francisco late yesterday to collect the package. In a conversation early this morning, an anonymous source at their office said that upon returning to their headquarters office in Soda Springs, they opened the envelope to find a large plastic sheet with instructions that said, "place all remaining assets on a table and cover with this TARP." Unfortunately, they didn't even have two nickels between them!

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