To: Jeremy Jacobs, CEO, President Donald Trump, and Governor Gavin Newsom
Yosemite National Park names should not be changed
Delaware North had a 20 year contract with Yosemite National Park as a food, beverage & lodging company to run restaurants and hotels in Park. Delaware North lost their contract and threatened to sue for $52 million dollars for Ahwahnee Hotel, Wawona Hotel, Curry Village and other historic names that belong to Park, claiming Delaware North has ownership; they do not. Wawona Hotel and Ahwahnee Hotel were built in the 1800’s and 1920’s. We must speak out for our park; it belongs to the public.
Why is this important?
Our Beloved Yosemite National Park is being targeted by greed and bitterness of Delaware North Company, forcing name changes of all the historic hotels and villages in Yosemite. The Wawona Hotel, which was opened in 1879, the famous Ahwahnee Hotel, built in 1927, Badger ski pass and many others are owned by Yosemite National Park and “we the people”. A beverage and hotel concession company, Delaware North has no business taking ownership of these historic names simply out of spite because they lost a 20-year business contract to service Yosemite National Park. I started this petition out of outrage that a private company, out of spite and greed, is threatening to take away all of our collective wonderful memories of these historic names that we associate with those places in our hearts. This cannot be allowed; please help and use your voice through this petition to out the greed of Delaware North and get the Governor, the President and Representatives to make this severe wrong right. Return the names that belong to Yosemite National Park and to us, “we the people”. Thank you for signing, Lisa Oaks