Readers Respond

In regard to the Greenlight initiative, what I have seen so far on

that is extremely confusing. And it would really take away from any

person or group of people that wanted to put a reasonable business in

this community. If you are going to go for that, you better really think

about it. That is not slow growth; that is like stop growth. And it is

far from reasonable.

DAN MARCHEANO

Owner of The Arches Restaurant

Newport Beach

I am calling about the Greenlight initiative. I think it should be

defeated. I would not vote for it. I believe that matters of city

planning and of this nature should be done by representative government

and not by public initiative. I don’t think the people are qualified to

vote on things in detail like this. It is micromanagement by popular

vote, and I don’t think it’s a way to run a government. I think that

representative government is the way to go, and I would recommend that

this measure be defeated.

BILL HAMILTON

Owner of The Cannery Restaurant

Newport Beach

I am for the Greenlight. I think we need to cut down the so-called

development in this city. We have totally too much here now. And the

stuff that they are building, some of it is just terrible.

RICHARD KASPER

Newport Beach

I am so absolutely for the Greenlight initiative. I think it is really

important because if there are big, large development plans that are

proposed for the city, this would just give our City Council members vote

of confidence if they are for or against such projects. But things that

have such a huge impact on our city, they shouldn’t have to be just borne

on the shoulders of the City Council. If they have an impact on us, then

we should be able to give the final approval for them. Nobody wants this

place to look like Miami Beach.

GARY CRANE

Newport Beach

Let me think. Would I rather consider a few smaller projects at the polls

in order to maintain my right to have a say about whether the enormous

traffic generating projects get built, or just let development run amok

in my city? It only takes a minute to vote, but I will have to live with

the traffic in this city for a lifetime. Greenlight wins my vote, hands

down.

SUSAN SKINNER CAUSTIN

Newport Beach

“You’ll get your November election,” says Mayor of Newport Beach John

Noyes. “Meantime, trust your elected officials” (“Greenlight initiative

on November ballot,” Jan. 11) What a marvelously ironic remark! If we

trusted all our elected officials we wouldn’t need the Greenlight

measure, now would we?

NORA LEHMANNewport Beach