The trouble starts when an unscrupulous gambling magnate, Sam Hill, sets out to build a new road to his casino in Trail's beloved Lost Forest. After conferring with an area road commissioner, Hill contrives to claim eminent domain privileges on bogus grounds and seize the land outright.
Reading this prompts tears of nostalgia. Damned if this doesn't remind me of my recently-ousted alderman.
More - and funnier - on the Trail tilt against rampant development at the Reason staff's Hit and Run. Use the SF Chronicle's site to catch up on all the frantic four-color action.
(Why did the blogger cross-post the road?)
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