Wow, 2 digests in one day! Fighting light pollution in Tooele is probably a lost-cause; the area is growing very quickly and whomever tilts at that windmill will certainly be in for a fight. The area needs ecconomic development and an increase in their tax base, in order to provide services for the increasing poplulaion. I know many residents, and all, (except for one or three in Stansbury ;), are in favor of ANY and EVERY business that wants to locate there. Several people whom I work with here in Davis county bought houses in Tooele even though they have incredibly long commutes that can be dangerous at certain times of the year (I just can't understand the "bedroom community commuter" mentality. In my book you live close to where you work, it just makes too much sense ecconomically and environmentally). The place will not get any dimmer at night any time soon, even massive activism will at best only slow the brightening. This is going to give the "Dark-sky site" faction a boost in SLAS and perhaps it's time to listen to them. It would be nice to be able to find a place with decent skies that will stay that way for a few decades at least, after our own time with the facility is over... Now SPOC has served a wonderful purpose and will continue to do so for years to come, but the writing is on the wall. In five, ten, fifteen years, it will be as if it were located in Murray and then it's planets and the moon only, and you don't need huge scopes for that. Maybe it's time to plan that next-generation observatory, and look away from the population centers...perhaps be JUST A LITTLE selfish with our hobby? Is there room for a dark-sky observatory for members for whom public outreach is only a secondary (or, ahem, "tertiary") consideration? My 6 cents. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Dress up your holiday email, Hollywood style. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com