[AZ-Observing] Re: A little history of Phoenix area lighting ordinances

That was very nice and generous for Leroy to do this.

Gene A. Lucas wrote:

>-- with no success.  Peter Manly and I mentioned this to our friend and
>fellow SAC member, Leroy Paller, who is a private pilot and had his own
>airplane.  With Paller's cooperation, we volunteered to fly over the
>city at night and videotape "Automobile Row" -- the car dealership lots
>along East Camelback Rd. -- and some of the billboards around Phoenix,
>to determine just how severe the lighting effects were from above. 
>Paller piloted the 4-seat aircraft, while Manly operated the camera and
>I ran the videotape recorder.  This nighttime lighting survey videotape
>was then turned over to Dr. Crawford, with the result that he was able
>to go into meetings with the two principal groups objecting to the
>proposed ordinances -- the car dealerships and the outdoor advertising
>concerns -- and affected a compromise so that the ordinances were
>passed. Crawford refers to this type of arrangement as a "Win-Win"
>strategy, which has been key to the success of IDA and the other
>agencies in getting the various municipalities to adopt effective
>lighting ordinances.
>  
>

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