"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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People were allowed to sled all day on Queen Anne hill. Although the road
was closed, it crossed several cross streets, some of them very busy.
Although there are stoplights at each of these intersections, it is
obvious
that sledders, skiers, snowboarders, snowmobiles, and all the rest were
not
going to pay the slightest attention to them. Several sledders were nearly
hit by cars on Mercer Way. The police closed down the sledding at dusk,
believing that it was too dangerous for the winter recreation activity to
continue at night.

As is typical in Seattle, when the police tried to close down the hill,
the
crowd started to riot. No doubt Rich S. would have been the first to try
to
sue the city if he had gotten run over by a car in the dark.

1. My comments were directly in response to the TV coverage - I wasn't
there.
2. I am referring to the three-block area between Valley Street and Prospect
Street. There is but one intersection at Aloha Street and it is far from
busy. Mercer Street is several blocks away and is a major thoroughfare.
Anybody sledding there is an idiot.
3. I saw the tape of the police rousting the sledders well before dusk.
4. It should be typical everywhere to resist illegal government actions. If
the street is closed to traffic, the cops have no business running people
off.
5. You have no idea of what I would do under any circumstances. Are you
making a statement of fact, O self-proclaimed world famous flight
instructor?

Rich S.