Editor:

The promoter of Outside Lands has so magnanimously granted us residents of the Richmond and Sunset $35,000 each in so-called Community Benefit Funds from Outside Lands profits. Researched that the Richmond itself has about 35,000 residents, so each of us get a “benefit’ of exactly ONE DOLLAR for the lost weekend of noise and air pollution, heavy traffic, etc. Can assume the Sunset residents “benefit” about the same.

Whereas, APE will reap at least $10 million in profits this year, and has gained a profit of at least $100 to 150 million ever since the concerts began 15 years ago.

Newsflash for Supervisors Chan and Engardio: our loss of peace and quiet as well as decline in  quality of life every August is worth a lot more than $1/person.  If you truly care about the negative impact Outside has on us residents and really want your constituents to benefit from this annual invasion, you need to demand a lot more funds from APE for projects that better our areas.

One project APE could pay for is resurfacing Transverse Drive, which parallels Crossover Drive. Transverse hasn’t been totally repaved in at least 30 years, and APE has been a major wearer and tearer of that road for 15 years with all the heavy vehicles it uses for the concerts every year.

 Or, if APE truly wants to be a good neighbor, as it claims to be, you need to demand APE provide room and board for those of us who would like to escape the hassles Outside causes every year and to get out of town during that weekend.  

Lee