You can leave a comment about this on the Mayor's blog:
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?a=114842&c=41986

--Jonathan

On 4/27/2006 1:41:45 PM, Adrian Black (ablack@spiretech.com) wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern:
> You are receiving this email in response to concerns expressed regarding
> Portland International Raceway (PIR). I sincerely apologize for the mass-
> email, but Mayor
> Potter's office received many inquiries about this issue, and I think clarifying the Mayor's
> perspective on this to everyone at once is the most expedient way to
> respond.
> While an enthusiastic headline writer recently wrote that Mayor Potter
> asked "Parks to get going in moving PIR," the
> Mayor's actual request was less sensational.
> At the conclusion of a recent hearing to discuss noise waivers for the track, the Mayor asked for research to be done to answer three broad questions:
> 1. If it was possible to move PIR somewhere else in the city, where would be the best location, and what kinds of issues for the community would that present?
> 2. What costs would be associated with any move; where would that funding come from, and how would that impact the City?
> 3. If the answers to the first two questions made a move both possible and positive, what would be the highest use for the current location?
> The Mayor is aware and supportive of the positive contribution PIR makes to our community, providing both recreation and a strong