Humbug!
James Omahen writes today in the Atwater Village Enquirer on valleynews.com that the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and others are lobbying the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power to change the annual Light Festival Christmas celebration at Griffith Park. Folks apparently want it to become solely a walking or shuttle-riding experience not a drive-through.
He writes ...
Some advocates for change have also suggested moving the display to another location in the park which would better accommodate the numbers of people and the vehicles they come in. Then there are those who believe to counter global warming or to spare the park wildlife of such disturbances, this annual event should just be discontinued.
Full disclosure: This reporter has both walked and driven the route and, yeah, it's kinda kitchy, but still pretty cool and definitely a parade befitting of our car-obsessed culture. And nobody walks in L.A.
Read the rest here.