Recently the S.F. Chron published some hilariously naive suggestions for Alcatraz, the abandoned prison site that could generate billions of dollars in tourist revenue.
The National Park Service has suggested themes along the lines of “Connecting People with Parks” and “Focusing on National Treasures.”
Right. With the state flat broke and no tech boom to pull us out of it, we really need to revamp Alcatraz along “Preserving Coastal Ecosystems” lines.
Given the long history of Native American Indian claims to The Rock, it’s pretty obvious what needs to happen to remove the property from the fatuous clutches of the Feds:
- Get some lawyers and assert a Native American claim to Alcatraz.
- Build a massive casino complex.
- And a big ole whorehouse. Hell, we already got one under another name in the state capitol.
Maybe it sounds a bit tasteless, but it can’t be any more gauche than our other tourist attractions–Fisherman’s Wharf, et al.
And it might replace some of that tax base we took away from education with Proposition 13 in 1978.
It’s crazy–so crazy . . . it might just work.
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