Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted.

Our national park system really is America's best idea.



"Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships. That is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden, which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it."
Hugh Macleod

A national park for St. Augustine was first proposed before World War II.

As elsewhere, selfish economic interests have fought a national park for decades.

The time for a St. Augustine National Historical Park, Seashore and Scenic Coastal Parkway is now.

It is time. It is right.

Tell your friends, co-workers, neighbors, fellow students, teachers and politicians.

We need a St. Augustine National Historical Park, Seashore and Scenic Coastal Parkway.

Don't let snobs and know-nothings cabin the debate, the way some people are trying to foist off a "National Heritage Area" as if it were a substitute for a park.

"National Heritage Areas" involve no land acquisition and no regulation -- they simply bestow a label (and funds to non-profit groups).

No "National Heritage Area" ever saved a single tree, protected a single wetland or preserved a single ecosystem or educated a single child.

The "National Heritage Area" is a case of Republican Bush Lite -- a non-starter, a snare, a delusion and an utter waste of our time.

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