Curtis,

You are right and my memory was wrong. There was a permit and the town was
concerned about being sued but no actual legal action was taking place. The
crit was violating traffic laws since the roads were not closed (and were
not allowed to be closed due to businesses there) and that was a big part
of the problem.

Steve Bonadio


At 01:21 PM 9/7/2005, you wrote:
>As far as I know, Dave Garneau gets permits from the town for both lincoln
>crit and for lincoln cross. I have only heard rumors about the legal
>actions and who is being sued. Sandy told the police who responded to the
>wedneday night crit that we had a permit to race. I dont think that the
>race would take place without it. Lincoln rescue was sent out two weeks in
>a row so it may be a case of Lincoln being concerned about being suied or it
>could be true that they are named in a lawsuit.
>Curtis
>
>
> >From: Steven Bonadio <steven.bonadio@...>
> >Reply-To: necyclocross@yahoogroups.com
> >To: necyclocross@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [necyclocross] Re: MA/CT/RI cross weeknight races?
> >Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:17:55 -0400
> >
> >It's not a rumor. No more Lincoln training crit next
> >year. "Why?", somebody asked.
> >
> >I have the e-mail at home but from memory:
> >
> >There was a crash 3-4 weeks ago. I wasn't there but I'm told
> >that it involved a truck and bike riders. Use your imagination.
> >
> >The town caught wind of the crash because there was
> >rumor/intonation/threat/whatever of legal action. According to
> >the e-mail that I saw, apparently the crit was being run without
> >authorization from the town. (I presume they had authorization
> >form the industrial park.) The town is not prepared to accept
> >the insurance risk going forward and has banned the crit.
> >
> >I don't know about the 'cross training race. Perhaps they have
> >lumped the two together despite seemingly different situations
> >(at least to us, who are educated on the differences).
> >
> >Steve Bonadio
>
>
>
>
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