Is John Latschar that hot new french winemaker I have been hearing all
about?


Tom wrote:
> Link to Gettysburg photos showing the Gettysburg battlefield before
> superintendent John Latschar's ego ran amok and ruined it.
> http://users.snip.net/~hart/
>
> We loved Gettysburg: married there, took dozens of week-long trips, spent
> many thousands of dollars there, and even considered moving there. But those
> days are over thanks to park superintendent John Latschar. He's ruining the
> Gettysburg battlefield. He calls it restoration. Desecration is more
> descriptive. If we spent another dime we'd be supporting the destruction. We
> refuse.
>
> Trees are being ripped out wholesale. The deer have been slaughtered.
> Visiting on a November evening is an experience everyone should be able to
> enjoy, but he shortened the decades-old operating hours so you'll be
> ticketed and labeled criminals. He threw up so many one-way signs that
> traffic in town has become a tourist's nightmare. His nonsense goes on and
> on.
>
> He likes saying, "The time for comment was during the planning, not now."
> Well, Bozo, the public DID and continues to comment, but you ignore them.
> Tens of 1000s have voiced their concern, but you act as though the
> Gettysburg battlefield is your own private domain to use and abuse as you
> please. It belongs to the taxpayers, not an arrogant, government-appointed
> bureaucratic freeloader.
>
> Gettysburg battlefield ghost hunters have been turned away in droves because
> he equates them with drug users and drinkers. What a moron. Not only is the
> town losing a fortune toward the local economy, the park is losing thousands
> of watchful eyes from some of the most respectful visitors. Those with evil
> intent will always gain access at night as was proven by recent vandalism.
> Closing the park merely keeps honest folks out. John Latschar has, in
> effect, given vandals free rein.
>
> Attendance is lagging. He blames everything except his own bumbling. He
> constantly moans about never having enough money to fix rotting cannons,
> monuments and buildings, yet continues wasting funds on mindnumbingly
> senseless projects that divide the townspeople and drives others away. It's
> typical government ineptness.
>
> Looks like John Latschar sits around dreaming up new ways to **** people
> off. If he's not shooting the wildlife, cutting down 100s of acres of trees,
> changing the hours or screwing up traffic flow, he'll devise some other
> dumbass plan. Chances are he'll eventually move on to another location
> leaving his mess and debts behind for someone else. It wouldn't be the first
> time.
>
> What's worse than allowing John Latschar to inflict so much damage to the
> Gettysburg battlefield? Most of you sit idly by and let it happen without so
> much as a whimper. Talk is cheap, but a Gettysburg boycott speaks volumes.
> We're doing our part. Good bye Gettysburg. You were our favorite place on
> Earth until John Latschar raped you. Now you're just a memory. What a pity
> and disgrace.
>
> Cassie and Tom
> http://users.snip.net/~hart/