Mount Rainier Beer National Park?

[Thom Little]

Corporate sponsorship is so ceaseless in today's America, and so relentlessly invades everyday experiences, that it can make you want to head for the hills.

Soon, however, you may not escape company logos and the phrase "brought to you by" even atop the Olympics' Hurricane Ridge, in meadows above Paradise on Mount Rainier or at Stehekin in the North Cascades.

The National Park Service is ready to adopt a new policy under which national parks will aggressively solicit corporate sponsorship and "recognize" contributions with naming rights.

A bevy of retired top National Park Service managers, in a letter sent Tuesday to park service Director Fran Mainella, warned the new policy will tarnish America's crown jewels, writing: "Advertising and prominent recognition of contributions and support should be avoided if they have the effect of reducing the vital contrast between the park experience and the daily routines and experiences that many visitors seek to leave behind."


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/251117_joel07.html

[phusion]

1. oh god...

isn't anything sacred to these people?

:grr:

[Tace]

2. We Should Stop Politicians From Taking Corporate Money

They are far along selling us all out.

[pushycat]

3. Yep - selling our public assets to private interests at fire-sale

prices, even though taxpayers have paid to maintain those assets over time. Most of our public lands and national parks have been kept so well by caring, devoted, environmentally-minded people, it's no wonder business would be interested in exploiting them.

I've often thought that environmentalists are business' best friend - been protecting and improving the land business will eventually benefit from, if this happens.

It's bribery all around and no one will stop it.