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/

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/

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/

No, I think it's a way to describe the proper decantation of an awful
wine.

Rob wrote:
> No, I think it's a way to describe the proper decantation of an awful
> wine.
>
Well, while you are all "boycotting Gettysburg" based on the above
rantings, there is a nice little winery outside of Gettysburg there
called Adams Country Winery. And no, I am not affiliated with them but
have visited them once or twice, and they are worth a visit if you are
passing through.

I went to this winery some years ago. The bottles of wine I purchased
tasted nothing like the ("same")wine offered in the tasting room. Enough
VA for a salad. My wife & I think we were duped.

Had some of their wine this past Labor Day, at a restaurant in
Gettysburg. Called "Blood of Gettysburg", or some such. Hasn't improved
much.

I enjoy visiting small wineries, but this is one I feel no need to
return to. Of course, YMMV.

Gettysburg itself is an amazing, reverent place, and we visit several
times a year.

--
Mike MTM, Cokesbury, NJ, USA

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