Re-Open the Oakdale Car Show
- by: www.LIStangs.com
- recipient: Landlord of Lighthouse Commons Shopping Center, Oakdale, New York
For the past few years, car enthusiasts from across Long Island have been gathering on Thursday nights at the parking lot on Montauk Highway in Oakdale. Everyone gathered to share in the hobby, show off their cars, and meet with others in the community.
That is, until recently. When people arrived at the parking lot on Thursday, May 1, 2008, they were greeted by a police presence and message that they were no longer welcome.
It has been reported that a patron of the Best Yet supermarket in the shopping center had complained about the amount of cars in the parking lot, and not being able to find a parking space. The landlord of the property acted on this information by informing the police.
We are calling for your support as we look to contact the landlord to inform them that we would like the lot to be again open to the car community. Most of the car show participants were regular patrons of many of the shops in the shopping center, including Wendys, Oakdale Pizzeria and the aforementioned supermarket, Best Yet.
To Whom It May Concern:
For the past few years, we, the members of the local car enthusiasts community, have been participating in a weekly meet in the parking lot of Lighthouse Commons Shopping Center in Oakdale, New York. These meets would take place on Thursday evenings in the warm weather.
Recently, though, we learned that we were no longer welcome to congregate there and share in our enthusiasm for classic cars. This is most unfortunate. Not just for the car enthusiast community, but also to the stores in the center that benefited from the hundreds of patrons who would shop in those stores on a weekly basis.
We, the undersigned, implore you to reconsider your decision to ban the weekly car show, and to allow us to resume meeting in the lot and continue to enjoy the shopping center.
We would like to thank you for taking the time to read about our position and our ideas.
